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Railguns, how fast can you go


E = 1/2 m v^2

A railgun has a limited length, to shoot faster, the railgun needs to be longer.

If a 1 kg projectile is shot at 1,000 m/s, it will change the speed of a 1000 kg object by 1 m/s due to conservation of momentum.

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