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Submission + - The US Navy's awesome electromagnetic railgun programme (naval-technology.com)

Submitted by RougeFive on Monday October 01, 2012 @08:10AM

RougeFive writes: Imagine a warship weapon that can launch projectiles at Mach 10 without explosives (more than three times the muzzle speed of an M16 rifle), that has a range 220 miles and that uses the enormous speed to destroy the target by causing as much damage as a Tomahawk missile. Meet the US Navy's electromagnetic railgun programme.

Submission + - Kamikaze drones - the military robots set to self destruct (army-technology.com)

Submitted by RougeFive on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @07:08AM

RougeFive writes: A new wave of Kamikaze unmanned military aircraft, ground robots and water vessels are being built to deliberately destroy themselves as they hit their targets. Since it now makes more economic sense to have them crash into enemy targets rather than engage them, and since direct impact needs only manned or automated navigation rather than the highly-trained skills of multiple operators, these UAVs could well become the de-facto method of engagement of the future.

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