To: Forward the Light Brigade
...armed with rail guns... The whole idea of rail guns is very intriguing to me, but how would the necessary power be generated in a maritime environment, and aboard a fleet ship?
39 posted on
08/04/2016 11:01:22 PM PDT by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: gigster
Generator run from the ship’s gas turbines, I would assume.
43 posted on
08/05/2016 2:55:17 AM PDT by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: gigster
I believe that rail gun technology is basically the concept used in the electromagnetic catapaults installed on the carrier Gerald Ford.
44 posted on
08/05/2016 3:38:43 AM PDT by
fredhead
(Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
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