(H/T – Ace, who will justifiably be in his bunk)
BAE Systems has delivered a 32-megajoule prototype rail gun to the US Navy. While this isn’t quite to the USN’s final goal of a 64-megajoule rail gun that can hurl a projectile 220 miles downrange with a muzzle velocity of better than Mach 8, it’s a hell of a weapon.
Armor has met its match.