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    OT - RAILGUN

    Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, our hearts skip a beat (video)
    https://www.engadget.com/2010/12/11/navys-prototype-rail-gun-projectile-hits-mach-7-at-33-megajoule/
    Rail guns play a major part in nearly every fanciful battle of the future, whether it be giant robots fighting for control of the Inner Sphere or the last remaining member of Noble Team holding off the Covenant invasion for as long as possible. They're the stuff of geeky dreams, and thanks to the US Navy they're closer to deployment than ever. Three years ago our sea-borne force managed an 8 megajoule blast, now its researchers have more than quadrupled that: 33 megajoules accelerating a projectile using magnets. That power means speeds of Mach 7 for the slug and a current range of 100 miles, though the hope is for at least double that by the time these things start finding themselves mounted on the decks of battleships in 2025. At that point they'll reduce the need for rooms full of powder charges and the associated dangers that come along with explosive shells, but will instead need to make way for what looks to be a warehouse full of capacitors. There's a video of the thing in action below, and you'll be sorry if you miss it. [Thanks, Jacob L.]
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    Ooh my days! Now that really is something to behold.
    As a long time T2K & Dark Conspiracy fan I feel an article coming on
    Lee Williams.

    http://www.darkconspiracytherpg.info

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Morthrai View Post
      Ooh my days! Now that really is something to behold.
      As a long time T2K & Dark Conspiracy fan I feel an article coming on
      Marthrai,

      Sure, easily explained as an SDI prototype of some kind.

      Tony

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      • #4
        Originally posted by helbent4 View Post
        Marthrai,

        Sure, easily explained as an SDI prototype of some kind.

        Tony
        That's a good way of slotting it straight in. Maybe the application of some stolen or reverse-engineered ET technology could result in a smaller weapon system size with the same effect

        Something we should at least consider for the new edition.
        Lee Williams.

        http://www.darkconspiracytherpg.info

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        • #5
          Doesn't matter where it came from....the key question is where can I get one of mine own!!!!!

          Every year, I have a intrepid deer hunter shoot the side of my house (I guess that red brick looks like a deer). Just think of the fun I could have shooting back at his tree stand with this!!!!!

          The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by General Pain View Post
            https://www.engadget.com/2010/12/11/...-33-megajoule/
            mmmmmmmmmmmmmm I'll take 2
            "There is only one tactical principal which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wounds, death and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."
            --General George S. Patton, Jr.

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