Let me sum up with a diagram:
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| Author: | mad duck [ Sat 05-24-2008 8:54PM ] |
| Post subject: | Navy Railgun |
Let me sum up with a diagram: (Click) |
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| Author: | el_lorenzo [ Sat 05-24-2008 9:36PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
U.S.S. Starship Enterprise (186,411 miles) photon torpedo, ftw (btw, not a trekkie, just a bored college student not at college) |
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| Author: | kjk437 [ Sat 05-24-2008 11:52PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
Heard about this. No explosives, it just hits a target so fast it utterly destroys it. |
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| Author: | blitzvergnugen [ Sun 05-25-2008 1:11PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
i believe the navy has had to upgrade nuclear reactors or add a separate one just to power the guns.. |
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| Author: | benm [ Sun 05-25-2008 3:36PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
DIY |
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| Author: | amd2800barton [ Sun 06-01-2008 11:18PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
... is that a star destroyer in your little MS Paint graph? 
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| Author: | blitzvergnugen [ Thu 06-05-2008 9:35PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
I think this is the class of destroyer they'll be putting the railgun on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumwalt_class_destroyer |
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| Author: | Galvatron96 [ Mon 06-09-2008 1:35PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
has NASA ever tried using a railgun to put shit into space? it would prolly take a shitload more energy, but it'd be wicked cool. |
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| Author: | LostBoyz [ Mon 06-09-2008 1:39PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
it would be extremely difficult to keep what ever 'shit' was being launched intact, and even more difficult to get it into a stable orbit. |
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| Author: | Galvatron96 [ Mon 06-09-2008 3:04PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
Oh I wholeheartedly agree, being an AE, but it would be incredibly badass |
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| Author: | Chankster [ Mon 06-09-2008 8:22PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
Galvatron96 wrote: has NASA ever tried using a railgun to put shit into space? it would prolly take a shitload more energy, but it'd be wicked cool. Why would it have to be a railgun? Why not just have massive metal rods that fall from the sky? |
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| Author: | amd2800barton [ Sat 06-14-2008 12:09AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Navy Railgun |
Chankster wrote: Galvatron96 wrote: has NASA ever tried using a railgun to put shit into space? it would prolly take a shitload more energy, but it'd be wicked cool. Why would it have to be a railgun? Why not just have massive metal rods that fall from the sky? This was from an old issue of popular science. I believe that they surmised that the rods would have to be 6 feet in diamater and made of a titanium alloy to survive reentry. But i'm sure there are other ways - i've thought this myself several times. Right now a number of treaties prevent space from being weaponized (remember the backlash against shooting down "dangerous" satelites). I know that anything nuclear is not allowed in space by international law and treaties (other than ICBMs), and a number of other weapons are illegial. i wonder how putting a giant bullet in space would go over (really i do) but honestly - its only a matter of time before "Pirates of the Asteroid Belt". seriously though - i highly doubt that space will remain forever neutral and criminal/terrorist/bad-guy free. |
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