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2004-09-17, 04:26 PM
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yeah the military is working on magnetic weapons, infact there are several in the testing stages currently, They had a speical about cannons on the history channel and at the end they had a coil based gun that could punch though more armor than the current Abrams gun.
Railguns would be more for artilery, and coil guns would get teh more tactical use in tanks, and sniper weapons, then eventualy to assault rifles
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2004-09-17, 07:47 PM
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See, it could be utilized as a WMD, since, if used from an orbital station, for example, the impact zone wouldnt be that great (instantly vaproize everything in a 100m raidus, conservative estimate) but the dust, debris, and sandstorms kicked up by the sheer force of which it impacts would possibly screw up the entire environment of the area.
And failing that, nuclear warhead on the top of said massive railgun slug :o
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2004-09-17, 11:27 PM
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I'm pretty sure that as of now, a railgun hasn't projected anything faster than an ordinary rifle.
Even if we make a super-railgun, the railgun impact area will be so small that you'll need perfect accuracy to kill something, like another ship. In essence you are punching a tiny hole through something, you need a headshot (or navally, a shot to the magazine).
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2004-09-17, 11:45 PM
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railguns can easily be made with multiple Mega-joules of power, they can get so fast the projectile melts, then vaporizes itself, and the slug can be made of any any matirial as long as it has a conductive sabot around it. you know the tank killing rounds the Abrams fires are nothign but pointy, solid metal fin-sabilized discarding sabot rounds, adn the rail gun can fire those, but need no propellant so it can be a bigger round, and it can be fired faster.
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2004-09-18, 01:23 AM
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<Corrosion> wmd = ?
<Ivan> Weapon of mass destruction <Corrosion> ah <Infernus> wtf? <Infernus> how do you not know that? <CDL-ObnoxiousFrog> WoW sorta regressed him <CDL-ObnoxiousFrog> we're currently trying to teach him where doody comes from <CDL-ObnoxiousFrog> its going slow, but progress is being made
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