Fantastic Railgun

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Geoff S Fein, Press release: Navy Sets New World Record With Latest Electromagnetic Railgun Demo. Office of Naval Research, US Navy, Dec. 10, 2010.
http://www.onr.navy.mil/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2010/Electromagnetic-Railgun-New-Record.aspx

My comment:
(a) fantastic (adj):
"1a: based on fantasy : not real * * *
c: so extreme as to challenge belief : UNBELIEVABLE"
www.m-w.com
(b) railgun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun
, whose reference 2 is

Brendan Borrell, Electromagnetic Railgun Blasts Off; A supersonic bullet is fired with a record-breaking 10 megajoules of muzzle energy. Technology Review (MIT), Feb. 6, 2008.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20164/?nlid=857&a=f
(a seven-pound bullet)
(c) A gun (including cannon) and projectiles (such as bullets and cannon balls) have been based on the same principle (using explosion to propel a bullet) since their invention in China. See

history of cannon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon


--------------------Separately
(1) David A. Fulghum and Robert Wall, Weapons Migrate From China to Afghanistan. Aviation Week, Dec. 10, 2010.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/awst/2010/12/13/AW_12_13_2010_p25-275120.xml&headline=Weapons%20Migrate%20From%20China%20to%20Afghanistan
("Chinese advisers are believed to be working with Afghan Taliban groups who are now in combat with NATO forces")



Note: QW-1 前卫一号

(2) John Cummings, Press release: Army nanosatellite on first flight. US Army, Dec. 8, 2010.
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/12/08/49115-army-nanosatellite-on-first-flight/
(SpaceX released the first U.S. Army nanosatellite, which is also the first U.S. Army-built satellite in more than 50 years)

Note: SMDC stands for Space and Missile Defense Command, while ARSTRAT, ARmy Forces STRATegic Command. They are two sides of the same coin. Click "About" button in
http://www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/smdc/

(3) 日本新防卫大纲将加强防范中国. VOA Chinese, Dec. 10, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101211-china-japan-111717304.html
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