Sierra Space’s recent tests involved a pair of .50 caliber guns built to replicate orbital debris impacts by firing ...

guns use compressed air or gas to fire plastic or metal projectiles. They’re generally seen as less powerful than pellet guns, which use similar technology to fire heavier ammunition.

The only confirmed supersonic air-to-air gun kill is credited to a hotshot U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II pilot named Maj.

There’s nothing quite like [Elliot]’s cherubic sense of wonder and maniacal laughter after he tests his fully automatic AA battery-launching air gun. That fires 600 rounds a minute.

It’s like drugs and guns go together.” Air guns expel pellets or BB shots propelled by compressed air or gas. Replica guns are toys that resemble firearms to the point where someone would have ...