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The Navy Is Firing a Mysterious Weapon Today. It Sure Sounds Like a Railgun.
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The Navy Is Firing a Mysterious Weapon Today. It Sure Sounds Like a Railgun.

Whatever it is, we know it's going to be insanely loud.

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From Popular Mechanics

The Navy has issued a noise advisory for the Chesapeake region in Virginia.

The danger zone stretches nearly six miles toward the Atlantic Ocean, and will be closed to private boat traffic.

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The Navy hasn’t said what it’s testing, but this is the same location where the service tested its railgun prototypes.

The U.S. Navy is testing something big and loud over the Potomac River this week. The service just issued an advisory over “munitions testing” in Virginia’s Tidewater region, closing sections of the river to boat traffic and warning that civilians could hear loud noises. The projected source of the loud noises is the same range where the service first tested its experimental railgun.