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| Navy tests Excalibur N5 guided projectile from 5 Inch gun [video] |
| 2016-01-18 |
| Raytheon's new Excalibur N5 projectile was fired from a 5-inch naval gun during a flight test at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The new technology effectively triples the range of the Navy's 5 inch naval guns. Raytheon claims that due to the remarkable precision of Excalibur, significant cost, manpower and time savings will become evident: By using Excalibur's level of precision, there is a dramatic reduction in the time, cost and logistical burden associated with other artillery munitions. Analyses have shown that on average, it can take at least 10 conventional munitions to accomplish what one Excalibur can. With an estimated cost of $80,000 per shot, only time will tell if cost savings will actually materialize, but it certainly will reduce collateral damage. Testing Excalibur was relatively easy. Sailing a destroyer into the Yuma test site, that was the real challenge. |
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| #1 Used Martian SandShip technology. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-01-18 07:16 |