



December 10, 2010

The world can never have enough guns–at least not if they embody exciting new ways to destroy people and things that look wonderful in movies. So here is a weapon that seems to be the sheer personification of gun fun.

It is being tested by the U.S. Navy, and it seems to have some pulsating technical features. It doesn’t rely on an explosive charge to propel a bullet toward a bad guy. Instead, Fox News informs me, it expels bullets along parallel rails. The bullets, thanks to the cheery push of an electromagnetic current, spring out at speeds of up to Mach 7.

Rear Admiral Nevin P. Carr, Jr., the chief of Naval Research, who may possess a talent for understatement, told Fox News: “It’s an overused term, but it really changes several games.”

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