From: utzoo!decvax!cca!gwyn@BRL@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.physics
Title: physics at Sri-Unix
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4748
Posted: Wed Dec  8 23:11:18 1982
Received: Fri Dec 10 07:01:08 1982

From:     Doug Gwyn <gwyn@BRL>
Subject:  Re:  "rail-guns"
Via:  Brl-Bmd; 8 Dec 82 23:10-PST

And how about the Soviet particle beam weapon reported in Aviation Week
a few years ago?  Starts with a thermonuclear explosion to charge a
humongous capacitor, and goes through a handful of equally incredible
stages to produce the neutral beam.