May Day Strike and Mayhem. Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest and eight hours for what you will.. --A slogan of the Eight-hour Day movement. May 1, 1886, was the deadline that unions and other worker organizations set for a national general strike.
On January 31, 2008 the US Navy tested a railgun that fired a shell at 10.64 MJ with a muzzle velocity of 2,520 m/s (8,270 ft/s). Its expected performance is a muzzle velocity over 5,800 m/s (19,000 ft/s), accurate enough to hit a 5-metre (16 ft) target over 200 nmi (370 km) away while firing at 10 shots per minute.
A modern fully-laden aircraft carrier typically has a maximum speed of 30 knots, or about 34.5 miles per hour. The USS Forrestal has a listed speed of 33 knots... It's likely that she can actually do a little better than that, the military love to under-specify. yeah the admitted speeds are in the 30-35kts range. The real numbers are classified. I dont have the firm numbers since I wasnt in engineering or anything of the sort, but believe me when I say they go faster than that. It is, of course, known that the admitted speed is a bunch of BS. If I had to guess I would put it in the range of 40-45kts. In good weather and calm seas I might add.