Work: New hypervelocity gun could displace rail gun in next administration

By Tony Bertuca / May 2, 2016 at 6:02 PM
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said Monday that current Pentagon leaders have made investments intended to position the next presidential administration to offset expected Russian and Chinese technological advancements, specifically in lessons learned about a new hypervelocity gun. Work, who spoke at the Atlantic Council about the Pentagon's fiscal year 2017 investments in a "Third Offset" strategy, said one of the key findings to emerge from the effort was the Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System, which he said could be poised...

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