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    Navy facility tests new weapon system [Image 8 of 8]

    Navy facility tests new weapon system

    DAHLGREN, VA, UNITED STATES

    01.31.2008

    Photo by John Williams 

    U.S. Navy           

    Jim Poyner, senior engineer, Gun Weapons Branch, gives the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead, a tour of the Navy's Office of Naval Research electromagnetic railgun at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Va., following the successful record-setting firing. A test slug was fired at 10.64MJ with a muzzle velocity of 2520 meters per second. ONR's EMRG program is part of the Department of the Navy's Science and Technology investments, focused on developing new technologies to support Navy and Marine Corps war fighting needs.

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    Date Taken: 01.31.2008
    Date Posted: 05.31.2008 15:08
    Photo ID: 91736
    VIRIN: 080131-N-7676W-297
    Resolution: 2100x1430
    Size: 728.77 KB
    Location: DAHLGREN, VA, US

    Web Views: 77
    Downloads: 11

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