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The US Naval Research Laboratory has built an electromagnetic launcher facility to study sliding contact physics and support the railgun program run by the Office of Naval Research. A railgun uses electricity instead of gunpowder to fire a projectile at several times the speed of sound at a target. A railgun is an ideal weapon platform for an electric ship, as the same energy source that drives the ship can be used to power the railgun. This video shows the complete firing process, including loading the gun
