4500 mph? That’s only Mach 6.
I once worked on missiles that were faster than that.
I think someone got the wrong information.
You could be right but I doubt it. The nice thing about this weapon compared to a missile is that the bullets are pretty cheap. Compared to a missile. Getting hit by a chunk of stuff coming at you at 4500 MPH would really hurt.
Naw. I’ve seen this before. The gov’t has apparently concluded that a giant slag of metal is cheaper than a missile.
You’re right that there are missiles way faster than this; this is WAY slower than orbital velocity. But I guess a hundred $10,000 slabs of metal can do way more damage at 4,500 MPH than one million-dollar missile. (I have no real idea how big the projectile is, I’m just throwing out numbers for example.)