To: Red Badger
Projects like this need to be taken out of the super bloated, bureaucratic N.Virginia defense-crony network, who are robbing America blind, and given to engineering and tech entrepreneurs for development
2 posted on
05/22/2024 12:55:20 PM PDT by
PGR88
To: Red Badger
3 posted on
05/22/2024 12:58:52 PM PDT by
sauropod
("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
To: Red Badger
I believe that directed energy weapons (laser) is much more promising than electromagnetic weapons.
I believe the main problem is the amount of energy it takes to charge the railgun systems between shots.
4 posted on
05/22/2024 1:00:21 PM PDT by
jimtorr
To: Red Badger
From a Firesign Theater comedy album:
Blow, wind blow 🌬️
Break wind, break đź’¨
5 posted on
05/22/2024 1:00:40 PM PDT by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: Red Badger
The US railgun development project was cancelled after analysis determined that it would be cheaper to destroy targets by dropping pallets of $100 bills from orbit. ;-/
7 posted on
05/22/2024 1:38:19 PM PDT by
glorgau
To: Red Badger
I saw that image 5 years ago. Materials science has not progressed enough to make them any more workable in the field than lasers.
8 posted on
05/22/2024 2:17:14 PM PDT by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Red Badger
Rail guns are cool. But not practical. Except a few mounted at our south border.
9 posted on
05/22/2024 2:22:58 PM PDT by
lurk
(u)
To: Red Badger
“The projectile accelerated at roughly 35 times the force of gravity for around five seconds after launch, confirming the researchers’ claim that it exceeded hypervelocity, or Mach 5.”
O.K., I'm confused about what they are talking about here. The projectile accelerates for 5 seconds after launch? How does that work, unless it is rocket assisted?
11 posted on
05/22/2024 3:31:35 PM PDT by
MRadtke
(Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
To: Red Badger
No worries…
We’ll just hurl improper pronouns at them.
That’ll show the little bastards…
12 posted on
05/22/2024 3:40:02 PM PDT by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Red Badger
BIG DEAL.
Just take Hitler's MONSTROUS rail cannon, the Krupp’s Schwerer Gustav and make it float!
13 posted on
05/22/2024 3:40:28 PM PDT by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: Red Badger
15 posted on
05/22/2024 4:52:50 PM PDT by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: Red Badger
The projectile accelerated at roughly 35 times the force of gravity for around five seconds after launch, confirming the researchers’ claim that it exceeded hypervelocity, or Mach 5
Somehow I doubt this. 35*9.80665*5 = 1716.75, and divide by approximate speed of sound at sea level of 343 m/s, gives a Mach of 5.0034, way too exactly just above the definition of hypersonic for me to believe those numbers are realistic. While that calculation does ignore drag, the article's number are just too close to the Chinese! claim to be believable.
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