From: utzoo!decvax!cca!knutsen@SRI-UNIX@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.physics Title: rail-guns Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4655 Posted: Mon Dec 6 14:43:53 1982 Received: Tue Dec 7 04:44:37 1982 From: Andrew Knutsen Someone just told me they'd heard about something called a railgun, which apparently is something like a magnetic linear mass driver but somehow involves using explosives to boost the field. Apparenlty its a one-shot device. Has anybody heard of this? Know where to find details? Tnx.