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/enigmaticpeon Nov 15 '25

What stops it at the end?

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u/METRlOS Nov 15 '25

You remember that mythbusters episode where they shot a cannon and it hit someone's house miles away from the shooting range?

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u/joethahobo Nov 16 '25

Did they air that episode? I heard that happened but I don’t think it ever actually made the show because of the accident

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u/METRlOS Nov 16 '25

They made an apology episode where they explained what happened and why they hadn't released any episodes for a while.