Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Radical railgun revealed: US Navy's 'Star Wars' weapon that can fire shells at mach 6 [truncated]
UK Daily Mail ^ | February 5, 2015 | Mark Prigg

Posted on 02/06/2015 6:22:42 AM PST by C19fan

A radical new weapon that can fire a shell at seven times the speed of sound has been shown off in public for the first time. Described as 'Star Wars technology' by researchers, the railgun can fire shells at seven times speed of sound, and penetrate concrete 100 miles away. The weapon was on display to the public for the first time at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology EXPO at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: navy; railgun; starwars
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-25 last
To: Shadow44

I too am waiting for ray guns to be invented. I member back in the 70s having lunch boxes with are that said the year 2000 with spacemen on the moon shooting ray guns on it, never happened.


21 posted on 02/06/2015 8:30:08 AM PST by WMarshal (Free citizen, never a subject or a civilian)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: SampleMan

Very true. At those speeds, the projectile IS the payload.


22 posted on 02/06/2015 9:48:44 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Life and death are but temporary states. But Freedom endures forever.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Lee'sGhost

That can’t be real.
There wasn’t any, “PEW-PEW,” sounds like in the movies.

;-)


23 posted on 02/06/2015 9:54:10 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote fraud solution: Stake, Rope, Sugar and Bullet Ants.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants

#7 you are just never satisfied.... : )


24 posted on 02/06/2015 11:04:50 AM PST by minnesota_bound
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants
Most of the Iraq and all of Afghanistan is more than 100 miles.

While 90% of North Korea and 60% of the Chinese population is within 100 miles.

That said, this is a first generation rail gun. Larger guns, with longer ranges, will be coming.

Right now, I would presume that the 100 mile figure is not the ballistic range, which should be considerably more at those velocities, but rather effective range for retaining enough kinetic energy to dispense with a warhead.

25 posted on 02/06/2015 11:10:44 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-25 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson