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April 20, 2011 02:38 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kvgtKpoN3ss/railgun-fires-hugo-a.html
Railgun fires Hugo Awards through steel plates and then 7km further
General Atomics' new railgun uses a high-speed sabot (which looks suspiciously like a Hugo Award) that is fired with such force that it travels for 7km after punching through a steel plate. "We were launching hypersonic bricks at Mach 5, Mach 6" (via Geekologie)...Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kvgtKpoN3ss/railgun-fires-hugo-a.html
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