Railguns... not just for Quake anymore[views:4267][posts:10]________________________________ [Dec 11,2010 11:06am - sever ""] http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=52a_1292007883 "The conductive projectile zips along a set of electrically charged parallel rails and out of the barrel at speeds up to Mach 7. " "current U.S. Navy guns can only reach targets about 13 miles away. The railgun being tested today could reach an enemy 100 miles away. And with current GPS guidance systems it could do so with pinpoint accuracy. The Navy hopes to eventually extend the range beyond 200 miles." |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 11,2010 11:22am - Sacreligion ""] Old news |
| _____________________________________________________ [Dec 11,2010 12:01pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Rail guns really aren't new. But what was the record they set? Was there some sort of breakthrough in their development? |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 11,2010 12:44pm - immortal13 ""] I read one article on this where they compared it to a mix of Quake's railgun and the BFG9000. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 11,2010 2:43pm - Spaldino ""] Metal Gear Solid anyone? they use railgun tech in roller coasters. its not really that new at all. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 11,2010 9:00pm - Alexecutioner ""] menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:Rail guns really aren't new. But tanks on the other hand, I heard of those new fangled contraptions but I thought that was just a myth? |
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| _______________________________________ [Dec 11,2010 10:51pm - the_reverend ""] they use railguns in balistic testing, launching planes, and I believe that the mythbusters used one in an episode. |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 11,2010 10:54pm - the_reverend ""] http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/11/navys-p...ectile-hits-mach-7-at-33-megajoule/ |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 12,2010 12:20am - the_reverend ""] Alexecutioner said: menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:Rail guns really aren't new. But tanks on the other hand, I heard of those new fangled contraptions but I thought that was just a myth?[img] |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 12,2010 11:48am - DestroyYouAlot ""] Call me when they figure out the boltgun. [img] |