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2008

2/5/2008, "Navy's futuristic railgun shows potential in test," San Diego Union Tribune
The Navy has begun developing a futuristic “hypercannon” that could someday hit a target more than 200 miles away, using technology that may be more familiar to students of science fiction than modern naval weaponry.

2/3/2008, "Navy breaks record with railgun test shot," Navy Times
The Navy set a new world record for the most powerful electromagnetic railgun when it fired a test shot here Thursday morning.

1/31/2008, "Navy says sets record for futuristic gun," Reuters
The U.S. Navy said it generated on Thursday the strongest-ever force of its kind used to fire a futuristic weapon designed to boost naval gunfire range more than 10 times by 2020.