No Runny Eggs

The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think.

Do they make this in a man-portable size?

by @ 21:25 on November 15, 2007. Filed under War.

(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.

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