Electromagnetic Rail Gun: 33 megajoule world record

[SHIRO HAYABUSA]

uh, not good for a moving target though eh?

if the projectile broke up into many little projectiles covering a large area it'd make no difference especially at mach 8.

 

[Goatkart]

uh, not good for a moving target though eh?

yeah, big thing to consider is TTT (time to target).... at ultra high velocities, a reasonable aiming system can predict the shot to some degree with the knowledge that generally your target doesnt have much time to move before impact...


Also, weapons like this are seldom used to shoot high velocity moving objects...

You don't use the broad side of a battleship to hit a plane, nor would you use a rail gun...

Weapons on this scale are used for hitting hardened targets.... Other ships, inland structures, etc.

Things which require high precision with extreme kinetic damage and penetration, while allowing for limited collateral damage....

 

[ogre]

like caves in A stan. imagine the penetration that a fleet of these suckers would achieve if we had any clue where osama was hiding.

 

[Goatkart]

like caves in A stan. imagine the penetration that a fleet of these suckers would achieve if we had any clue where osama was hiding.

I know what cave i DONT want to be in

 

[Fastfrog007]

I saw one shoot a Constructicon off a Pyramid, true story

 

[ogre]

or even better, the "rods from god" concept. imagine dropping a tungsten telephone pole from orbit onto a hadji hideout.