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Virginia Tech First Railgun Shot
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech students studying electromagnetic railgun technology are pictured during a break in their work at the university's Energy Conversion Systems Laboratory. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division scientists and engineers mentored the students who fired Virginia Tech's electromagnetic railgun for the first time Dec. 4. The university's reduced-scale railgun program attracted more than 150 students from all engineering disciplines to participate in hands-on railgun research.

Photo by: U.S. Navy |  VIRIN: 151012-N-DE005-001.JPG