Posted on 06/07/2005 9:01:14 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
We must ban the z-machine right now. thinkwhat could happen if a child found one in their parents bedroom and shot a friend? Also this could become the weapon of choice for terrorists. If we can save only one child it would be worth it.
The U.S. Navy is working on a railgun or coil gun for its new DDX class of destroyers.
Got to get one !
"It sounds like the flattest shooting prairie dog rifle I have heard of."
But you have to be no more than five millimeters from the varmint.
The bullet is Al and nearly 1 mm thick - it would probably still leave a mark after 6 mm - and maybe even 1 or 10 m.
Ten to the tenth g is a lot. I would guess that the maximum acceleration occurs quite near the end of the interval; more like an acceleration pulse. I don't know the mechanism, but a such a non-linear acceleration might stretch the time out a bit.
Yes it would, but "under a second" is still a gross understatement.
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