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Originally Posted by LubeMaster77 View Post
At those velocities couldn't you use that sort of technology to launch someting into orbit?

Theoretically you could launch something into orbit, but the acceleration that a rail gun delivers would destroy almost anything except the solid projectiles they are using. The reason they arent using explosive shells is because the railgun would destroy them on launch.
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