new war toy navy show recently article publish wall street journal.the supergun wsj headline refer really large railgun railgun weapon use electromagnetic charge fire round rather chemical explosives.the time cost mention article compare cost use railgun projectile versus standard missile wsj report projectile cost around 25,000 dollars make compare cost 10-million-dollar interceptor missile wow almost sound thing might actually save military money long-term though another military pipe dream end cost tax payers arm leg possibly literally see money could go towards build things might go something useful like universal national health insurance program.the weapon require massive power source rail gun require 25 megawatts work vice point article publish last year need huge power source reason technology go quite costly even possibly impossible make practical long time hard conceptualize 25 megawatts anyway perspective th navy next generation zumwalt-class destroyer 21st-century stealth battleship electric engines power 78-megawatt array turbine generators fire rail gun would take almost third advance ship whole capacity ship today megawatts spare railgun go test usns millinocket next year first three zumwalt-class ship railgun railgun slat deliver navy next year last 2018. estimate cost 22 billion total big problem unite state enter new cold war era except time russia china project like may give u.s. small military advantage one two nations years least spend billions upon billions dollars new weapons systems everyone terrify actually use consider chance full nuclear response possibility.we really ask road want u.s. go course leave defenseless seriously make decisions invest money exactly plan use weapons systems ever actually become practical also ask important spend countless billions dollars weapons built-in justification defense next bad thing yet probably end use spread little democracy poor nations.i one would prefer invest build nation make sure every person give opportunity get education see doctor breath clean air drink clean water one hell-bent win another cold war.you watch video railgun feature image video screenshot watch navy unveil late reason afford national healthcare video