Hi dont know if this is what mst Aus was working on but it...

Hi
dont know if this is what mst Aus  was working on but it sounds similar
Such power could enable the first

uses of the Navy's magnetic rail gun

project, which combines magnetic

currents and electric fields to fire

projectiles at 7 times the speed of sound.

This comes of a new ship being launched by the USA . I cant copy and paste the whole article but if you google
The USS Zumwalt hit the water
Oct. 29, 2013 and is due to start
patrolling by 2014.

You can see the whole article

Cheers Dave