China’s Navy Has a Coilgun for Launching Smart Torpedos at 435 MPH
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6E7N3)
The Chinese navy is reportedly testing the planet's most powerful coil gun which can accelerate a 124kg projectile in a firing test to a speed of 700km/h in less than 0.05 seconds. It was the heaviest known projectile to be used in a coil gun experiment. A normal torpedo move at 58 mph and have ...