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Teresa Greely, ’85, MS ’94 and PhD ’08, far left, has served as the camp’s director since 1994. Angela Lodge, a former social worker and youth development expert who co-directed the camp for more than 20 years, stands at far right. [Photo: College of Marine Science]
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THE USF COLLEGE OF MARINE SCIENCE launched its first Oceanography Camp for Girls (OCG) in 1991. That also was the year digital cell phone technology was launched, although most people still had phones attached to walls and the year “the web” became publicly
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Navy ditches futuristic railgun, eyes hypersonic missiles
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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, file photo provided by the US Navy, a high-speed camera image captures a full-energy shot by an electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher at a test facility in Dahlgren, Va. The Navy has pulled the plug on research on the futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity. A Navy spokesperson says the decision frees up resources for hypersonic missiles, laser systems and electronic warfare systems. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams via AP, File)
Navy ditches futuristic railgun, eyes hypersonic missiles
It spent more than a decade developing the electromagnetic railgun and once considered putting them on the stealthy new Zumwalt-class destroyers built at Bath Iron Works.
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Gary Bass, left, and Jim Poyner from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, take measurements after a successful test firing of an electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher in Dahlgren, Va., in 2012. The U.S. Navy has pulled the plug, for now, on the futuristic weapon, which fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity.
U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams via AP, file
US Navy Scraps Sci-Fi Railgun For New Advanced Weapons Tech In Response To China
In what feels like a Déjà vu moment, the U.S. Navy has decided to ditch its electromagnetic railgun weapons system. Back in 2018, we reported on a Chinese warship spotted with its own railgun after the Navy scrapped the idea then. Now, the railgun has seemingly been tossed once more in favor of hypersonic missiles in a hyper-expensive game of catchup.
In the past several years, the
Associated Press reports that the Office of Naval Research has spent approximately $500 million on research and development for the now-defunct railgun project. While the technology could have been close to being deployed, the range, rate of fire, and wear and tear with every shot posed massive issues for use at sea according to Bryan Clark, an analyst at the Hudson Institute.