Meanwhile, columns of Pakistani troops in military trucks head in the opposite direction, hauling field guns north toward the conflict zone.

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Chris Gayle's men played exceptionally throughout and got off to a scintillating start in the field, quickly removing India's big guns Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina.

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With captain Lawrence Dallaglio, Ibanez, Vickery, Shaw, King and Waters all off the field by the end, Wasps' old guard left the young guns to deliver the last rites, a sixth consecutive final victory at Twickenham in the bag.

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Some navies are already testing rail guns, which use huge amounts of electricity to produce a magnetic field which then accelerates projectiles to many times the speed of sound.

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