r/BeAmazed • u/Wooden-Journalist902 • Nov 15 '25

Technology Hypersonic railgun round goes through metal plates like they are made of paper.

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u/Naive_Personality367 Nov 15 '25

thats quite slow for an experiment projectile

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u/Gaz_Of_Naz Nov 15 '25

Depends how many times it already circled the earth

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u/Psychological-Scar53 Nov 15 '25

It doesn't... It achieved anough velocity to escape earth's gravitational pull and is now sailing past Mars..

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u/Short_Bell_5428 Nov 15 '25

It’s out of the environment

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u/Temporary_Cry_2802 Nov 16 '25

But did the front fall off?

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u/Leonydas13 Nov 16 '25

Nah we put it back on with sticky tape

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u/dervu Nov 15 '25

It's approaching Alpha Centauri now.

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u/darwins_codpiece Nov 15 '25

Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low