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| USN Railgun Development Update Vid |
| 2011-04-16 |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 Rambler said, "This thing sounds so effective I'm surprised that Bambi hasn't shut it down yet." Quiet! They told him it was part of the rapid rail transportation |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2011-04-16 16:35 |
| #4 This thing sounds so effective I'm surprised that Bambi hasn't shut it down yet. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-04-16 16:28 |
| #3 When they bandy around expressions like Megajoules, you know they are dealing with some serious Shinola. One of those projectiles is said to have the same destructive force as a conventional Tomahawk cruise missile. Another comparison they used was hitting a hard object with a Ford Taurus at 380 miles per hour. 200 to 250 nautical-mile range, and a mere $1000 per shot. The operational guns are anticipated to be in the 64 Megajoule range. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-04-16 15:37 |
| #2 Hundreds of thousands of pounds of force. Yikes! |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-04-16 01:09 |
| #1 ION TOPIX > SIX US STAGES "MOST CHALLENGING" MISSLE DEFENSE TEST. Successful shootdown of IRBM. Nice, but unfortunately is likely IMO to induce so-called "Rogue States", e.g. NORTH KOREA, ETC. to unilater respond via intentional escalation towards MORE REGIONAL, GLOBAL NUCLEAR BRINKMANSHIP = "GREAT POWERS" MILPOL CONFONTATIONISM. Espec iff things are seemingly NOT going their way. * WORLD TRIBUNE > [Lev Nazrovov] CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER [Chi Haotian = 2005]: "VAST LANDS" IN NORTH AMERICA FOR "MASS COLONIZATION". US-Canada = CANUSA, + also Australia. * CHIN DEFENSE MASHUP [old] > SARAH PALIN: CHINA IS PREPARING FOR A [future big]MILITARY OFFENSIVE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-16 00:18 |