The air catching fire?
So air is combustible. That could cause a few problems.
Edit: To answer the question, it seems this railgun is a plasma or hybrid railgun - that blast of flame is plasma. From Wiki "A plasma armature is formed by an arc of ionised gas that is used to push a solid, non-conducting payload in a similar manner to the propellant gas pressure in a conventional gun. "
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So air is combustible. That could cause a few problems.
Edit: To answer the question, it seems this railgun is a plasma or hybrid railgun - that blast of flame is plasma. From Wiki "A plasma armature is formed by an arc of ionised gas that is used to push a solid, non-conducting payload in a similar manner to the propellant gas pressure in a conventional gun. "
( , Fri 2 Nov 2012, 15:17, Share, Reply)