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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~Rail~~US ~~gun~~Navy ~~pre~~080131-N-0000X-004 ~~impact~~Photograph ~~8076~~taken from a high-speed video camera during a record-setting firing of an electromagnetic railgun (EMRG) at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Va., on January 31, 2008.jpg\|~~frame~~thumb\|400px\|Awesome = ½''mv''<sup>2</sup> <ref>For emphasis, that plume of flame behind the slug is ''not'' an explosive propellant - [[Up to Eleven\|it's plasma being formed from the air being ripped apart in its wake.]] Also, the lensing in front of the slug isn't an effect; that's the air warping in front of it.</ref>]] {{quote\|"''An object impacting at 3 km/sec delivers kinetic energy equal to its mass in TNT.''"