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The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) commissioned the new small bore (1-inch in diameter) railgun (SRG) at the laboratory’s Materials Testing Facility.
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The Naval Research Laboratory‘s 5,000 square foot Materials Testing Facility (MTF) houses a “scaled-for-laboratory,” 6-meter Electromagnetic Railgun. A railgun consists of a power supply that drives current through a pair of conductors or rails to accelerate a projectile to high …
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