Navy's New Mach 6 EM Railgun Almost Ready for Prime Time -- The Motley Fool

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Looks like something of interest to you guys.
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Thank you my friend PO1 William "Chip" Nagel for making us aware that on May 22, 2017 "For more than three years now, I've been tracking the U.S. Navy's progress toward building a working electromagnetic railgun prototype -- a Mach 6 cannon reputedly capable of striking targets 110 miles away with pinpoint accuracy.
Each railgun projectile would cost about $25,000 to produce -- and if you're keeping track, then yes, success on the railgun project would yield a weapon boasting nearly twice the 67-mile range of Boeing's (NYSE:BA) Harpoon II missile but costing just 1/48th the Boeing missile's $1.2 million cost.
That right there tells you why the Navy is so very interested in this weapon. But on top of the ammunition savings, a switch from missiles (Boeing's Harpoon measures 12-and-a-half feet in length and more than a foot in diameter) to railguns (a projectile is only 18 inches long and a few inches round) would permit a warship to carry a lot more rounds in its munitions locker than it currently can, yielding immeasurable savings in the logistics supply chain.
As I say, I've been following this story for three years --- but now, we may finally be getting to the good part."

This seems to be a dated story from The Motley Fool which is probably a hint in itself:-)
Thanks for mentioning me Lt Col Charlie Brown

Very cool. From the cost standpoint alone it makes all sorts of sense but still has the major hurdle of operational testing to get through. Given all the issues Navy is having with the USS Ford, that could be a very big hurdle but hope it works.