Railgun
this kind of current will be possible. To launch a rail gun projectile, power would be diverted
from the ship's engine to the gun turret. The gun would be fired, up to six rounds per minute, for
as long as required. Then power would be shifted back to the engine.
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3. Research advances so far
3.1 A functional 32 MJ railgun weapon
In 2009 BAE Systems delivered a functional, 32 megajoule Electromagnetic Laboratory
Rail Gun (32/MJ LRG) to the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center.
The U.S. Navy's experimental railgun is getting new upgrades to make it fire more powerful
shots, and fire them faster. It's the latest bit of progress on this still-landlocked weapon, but when
and where it actually would be installed on a warship is not clear.
The goal, according to Tom Beutner, head of Naval Air Warfare and Weapons for the ONR, is ten
shots per minute at 32 megajoules
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