First Light Fusion
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UK Science Minister to launch First Light Fusion’s Big Gun fusion campaign
At 22 metres long and weighing 25,000 kg, the Big Gun is the UK’s largest 2-stage hypervelocity gas gun able to launch projectiles at 6.5km per second, 20x the speed of sound.
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First Light Fusion installs UK’s biggest two-stage hyper-velocity gas gun
Weighing 25,000kg, the new 38mm gun fires a 100g projectile, which can reach a maximum velocity of 6.5km/s or 14,500mph – 20 times the speed of sound.