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The 5,400mph superweapon: 'Star Wars' gun can fire shells at seven times speed of sound through
UK Daily Mail ^
| April 10, 2014
| David Williams
Posted on 04/11/2014 5:31:07 AM PDT by C19fan
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I wonder if this technology will mean a battleship carrying say twelve of these rail guns will be a viable weapon in the future. I wonder what the force one of these shells has compared to say a conventional 16 inch round.
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:31:07 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I think the range of the shells to hit targets inland will be around 200 miles.
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:34:29 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: C19fan
Picture throwing a Volkswagen 100 miles at 5000 MPH. Then it hits something.
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:35:04 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
("Heck of a reset there, Hillary")
To: C19fan
With the proper projectile and that much kinetic energy I think it’s safe to say we nor anybody else has the armor to stop it.
To: C19fan
Incredible penetration. More damage against armored targets, and less explosive damage against less-armored targets.
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:40:47 AM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: C19fan
Think of the force something comparatively small and light like a 50 cal. hits with at a fraction of the speed. Then multiply up.
Ain’t much that can stop the kinetic energy of a rail gun. Which is a way is a problem. Because depending on the projectile, it could simply slice through whatever it hits leaving a nice hole and keep on going. But I’m sure they accounted for that ;)
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:41:23 AM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
To: C19fan
It’s not the brute force, it’s the range and accuracy. I wonder how many global hotspots are within 200 miles of the ocean?
It may be the reason that there is less focus on cruise missiles.
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:41:37 AM PDT
by
dangerdoc
To: lepton
Let’s test it on land some more.
North Korean land.
To: C19fan
:: weapon that can fire a shell ::
I don't see the pragmatism of this weapon.
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:43:35 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The Acronym explains the science.)
To: C19fan
The Star Wars description is really stupid. They use energy weapons.
You see railguns/mass drivers in The Last Starfighter, Wing Commander and Battletech.
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:47:12 AM PDT
by
Azeem
(There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
To: C19fan
If I’m up to date on Newtonian physics, what’s the recoil like with something like this
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:47:52 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
To: Col Frank Slade
...and give the Chicoms a chance to reverse engineer this thing? I hope not!!!
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:47:58 AM PDT
by
catfish1957
(Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Use the force Luke, trust the force.
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:48:40 AM PDT
by
shadeaud
(Be strong when you are weak.)
To: Dusty Road
The technology will be given away to level the playing field. We can’t have any advantage remember.
To: dangerdoc
Its not the brute force, its the range and accuracy. I wonder how many global hotspots are within 200 miles of the ocean? And how many of those hotspots will have land-based anti-ship missiles with a range > 200 miles, like the Chinese HY-4 variant of the Silkworm missile series?
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:53:13 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: Col Frank Slade
To: Jack Hydrazine
At Mach 7, the range will be thousands of miles.
To: Jack Hydrazine
At Mach 7, the range will be thousands of miles.
To: Jack Hydrazine
At Mach 7, the range will be thousands of miles.
To: dangerdoc
It is the reason every major military power is scrambling desperately to upgrade from large manned aircraft to smaller drones.
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posted on
04/11/2014 5:54:45 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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