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Originally Posted by Raellus
Back in the mid-to-late '80s, there was a lot of hype/hope about a rail-gun armed vehicle that could rapidly destroy even the most heavily armored MBTs with relatively small projectiles. I'm not clear on why that never panned out. I assume it's because the technology could not be perfected in a cost-efficient manner and, with the end of the Cold War, development was scrapped.
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Still around, just the Navy is the lead now.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...ile-milestone/
Magnets, superconductors, capacitors, and everything needed to make a rail gun work a making small gains and now small enough to fit into a destroyer.
Heh heh.