U.S. Navy Sets New Distance Record With Gun-Launched Projectile
Credit: BAE Systems
A hypersonic projectile fired by an electromagnetic railgun set a new distance record during a March test, flying 109 nm at a speed around Mach 5, a U.S. Navy official said April 6. The flight by the Hypercone projectile gathered data of interest to the community of military researchers working in...
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