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2018-02-21 Science & Technology

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Posted by 3dc 2018-02-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I need railgun.

Posted by newc 2018-02-21 00:42|| 2018-02-21 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 This is 21st century - of course we must have rail-guns

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-21 01:15|| 2018-02-21 01:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Railway rail guns, please. With Pickatinny rails.

Posted by Omomosh Glese3363 2018-02-21 02:12|| 2018-02-21 02:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Are they any good for ducks?

Posted by Classer 2018-02-21 05:04|| 2018-02-21 05:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Any connection to Gerald Bull's ideas?

Posted by AlanC 2018-02-21 08:47|| 2018-02-21 08:47|| Front Page Top

#6 I need railgun.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-21 09:32|| 2018-02-21 09:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Gonna have Particle Projection Cannons, better get Rail Guns figured out.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-02-21 13:25|| 2018-02-21 13:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Recent news said the navy is shifting over from rail guns to lasers. Well lasers have an advantage in that they don't need ammo, but they are very finicky and can't fire over the horizon as a rail gun can. Also if you build a proper rail gun you could use a metal cup (with parachute) to launch nearly anything. Chunks of concrete could do a lot of damage if fired from a rail gun and would leave no evidence if they hit a concrete building.

And imagine the sick fun of freeing Jihadi from Gauntanimo and returning them to Afghanistan using a rail gun delivery system. It would certainly do wonders for their friends morale.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-02-21 14:34|| 2018-02-21 14:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Lasers can also be defeated by fog and/or dense smoke.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2018-02-21 15:44|| 2018-02-21 15:44|| Front Page Top

#10 throw a rasher of bacon in with the Jihadi. Good luck telling them apart on arrival

Posted by Warthog 2018-02-21 16:17|| 2018-02-21 16:17|| Front Page Top

#11 ^ Solution: Railgun fires. Payload, maneuverable mirror, deploys above target. Laser shot passes unimpeded through clear upper atmosphere and is reflected down to target. Easy peasy.

Posted by Hupaimble Elmoluger4007 2018-02-21 16:21|| 2018-02-21 16:21|| Front Page Top

#12 "All your ~~bases~~ railgun are belong to us"

Posted by Warthog 2018-02-21 16:26|| 2018-02-21 16:26|| Front Page Top

#13 Solution: Railgun fires...

I do recall a design pairing a laser with a microwave emitter. The microwave beam would 'tunnel' thru the air creating an ionized channel along which the light beam would travel unimpeded.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-21 17:33|| 2018-02-21 17:33|| Front Page Top

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Posted by swksvolFF 2018-02-21 19:09|| 2018-02-21 19:09|| Front Page Top

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