Hypervelocity Projectiles

[DirtyProp]

Not really aviation related, but I find it interesting nonetheless:

https://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/Navy-to-Fire-Rail-Gun-Hypervelocity-Projectile-From-5-inch-Guns-103103278

Navy to Fire Rail Gun Round from 5-inch Guns

How do you propel them to such speed?

[ORAC]

Some practical and integration aspects of electric rail guns (http://www.bmtdsl.co.uk/media/6097799/BMTDSL%20Practical%20and%20Integration%20Aspects%20of%20Elec tric%20Rail%20Guns%20Conference%20Paper%20(Engine%20As%20A%2 0Weapon%20%202006).pdf)

https://www.wired.com/2014/08/the-physics-of-the-railgun/

US Navy's Railgun Dream Could Be Denied By Two Big Problems | The National Interest Blog (http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/us-navys-railgun-dream-could-be-denied-by-two-big-problems-17301)

[bobward]

ISTR reading a plan about using kinetic weapons from the SR71. This was mooted back in the 1980's, as a way of taking out certain hardened faciilties over in Redland, with using nukes. I think it might have been mentioned in Paul Crickmore's book on the Blackbird.:8