Electromagnetic Railgun Blasts Off
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A supersonic bullet is fired with a record-breaking 10 megajoules of muzzle energy.
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Materials that could allow levitating trains and ultra powerful computers to become commonplace are coming of age
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Instead of using a chemical rocket, SMART-1 fires a stream of electrically charged atoms of Xenon gas. A similar idea was used by the makers of Star Trek as part of the Starship Enterprise&#39;s propulsion system.
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Blasters aren't a reality yet, but the military is funding research into lasers that can destroy incoming rockets and bomb-laden Jet Skis.
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Good news, office warfare fans - the USB Missile Launcher is back, in a new, flashier wireless version that makes for the strategic siting of remote batteries.â¦
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Burn baby burn Rayguns are, um, on fire lately, with the US Army dishing out early contracts in its monster truck laser cannon race, Boeing planning a rather unimpressive blaster-equipped Humvee and the famous American nuke-toasting jumbo jet continuing to make headlines. Now the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon war-nerd bureau which loves nothing better than a long shot, has joined in.â¦
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Russia successfully test-fired a heavy intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday in a launch intended to extend the lifetime of aging Soviet-built weapons.
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Calculated and ambitious, the attack is striking for how it blended several elements into a slick assault.
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India Sunday successfully tested the nuclear capable Agni-II missile that can strike at targets as far as China. The missile, which has a range of over 2,000 km, was fired at 12.
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A bright object with a tail of fire streaked across the sky, and then there was a loud explosion. Indonesia is on high alert after several foreign governments warned last week that Islamic militants may be planning attacks over Christmas.
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Russia's military on Tuesday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads Â a weapon intended to replace aging Soviet-era missiles.
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Terawatt RF zap weapons sought Despite decades of disappointment, plucky Pentagon boffinry chiefs continue to seek a working electromagnetic pulse weapon - the dreaded, circuitry-frying "e-bomb".â¦
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An explosion rocked an Army ammunition plant Wednesday, causing at least one serious injury, authorities said.
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For the first time astronomers have witnessed a supermassive black hole blasting its galactic neighbor with a deadly beam of energy.
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ISLAMABADâPakistan reported yesterday it has successfully test-fired a medium-range, nuclear-capable missile that could hit many cities in neighbouring India.
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Tests show that a container of a certain size is needed for an effective explosion to blow up an aircraft.
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Aluminum, the stuff of cans, explodes in its nano form. A small start-up has decided to harness that property.