Gambar paling atas adalah gambar ujicoba senjata elektromagnetik tersebut yang disiarkan AP (klik gambar lainnya yg dihimpun Prada-Rusia). Pihak militer AS memang sejak lama mengembang jenis senjata rahasia ini, sebuah proposalnya bahkan beredar di internet. Apa itu sebenarnya senjata elektromagnetik yang disebut 'Railgun' ini, bisa dilihat dalam sebuah situs science disini. Tampaknya, pihak IRAN sempat cemas juga dengan relitas itu, sebab siapa tahu medan uji coba pertama kalinya justru dilakukan pihak PENTAGON untuk menyerbu Iran kelak, seperti kebiasaan Pentagon yang sudah-sudah setiap mereka memiliki 'mainan' baru yang mengabaikan nilai-nilai nyawa manusia dan kemanusiaan



US unveils 'revolutionary' weapon

The US Navy believes it has made a 'revolutionary approach to naval warfare' after demonstrating a powerful electromagnetic railgun.

Claims of the reported military milestone came after it was revealed that the railgun can destroy targets at 5600 mph.

"The gun is designed to launch these projectiles extremely far, somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 nautical miles, and their impact velocity is extremely high, somewhere in the vicinity of Mach 5," said US Navy spokesman Jim Boyle on Thursday in Dahlgren, Virginia.

"So it is an extremely fast moving, long range system," he added.

The weapon is slated to replace standard weaponry aboard warships and targets projectiles by using electricity instead of gunpowder, reducing safety risks to ships.

The futuristic naval gun will allow vessels to hit targets at greater distances and can reportedly be used to destroy incoming ballistic missiles.

Compared to a standard 5-inch naval gun battery which can fire shells with a range of 20 miles, an electromagnetic railgun can fire a projectile with a range of 230 miles in only seven minutes.
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