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To: jimtorr

E=m*V^2. So rail guns will eventually win.


14 posted on 05/22/2024 3:47:18 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored!)
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To: wgmalabama
E=m*V^2. So rail guns will eventually win.

I may be wrong, but I believe that would only apply to kinetic energy. Directed energy weapons don’t depend upon kinetic energy, but rather thermal and electromagnetic effects. They also don’t rely upon projectiles, so no mass involved, the “m” in your equation..

16 posted on 05/22/2024 7:01:04 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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