18,000 miles per hour, ejected by a two-stage gas gun.

You hit a fire button, it sends a fire pulse through the electronics, and in JASPER's case, it sets off a det, commercial detonator.

The first stage is like a large cannon, like a howitzer or a battleship gun.

It works the same way.

You have a propellant charge.

We wrap it up.

It looks like a giant burrito.

What started as a way to answer a narrow set of questions became a facility capable of answering many more about aging, manufacturing, material strength, and the future needs of the stockpile.