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BAE Systems Railgun for US Navy
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Emiko P'eng
#1 - 2015-02-04 00:50:01 UTC
Hehe!

While not totally new news, still nice to see in HD

The 01- Feb-2015 BBC Click Bait

Show a demonstration of the 110km range Railgun by BAE Systems (British Aerospace (BAe) and Marconi Electronic Systems (MES)) for the US Navy Big smile

BBC Click Youtube Channel - The weapon that fires 6 times faster than sound
Enyalie
Sanguine Legion
#2 - 2015-02-04 02:24:10 UTC
Incredible
Ria Nieyli
Nieyli Enterprises
When Fleets Collide
#3 - 2015-02-04 05:09:20 UTC
Bzzz BOOM! Pretty funny the way the projectile went side to side in th air.
Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#4 - 2015-02-04 07:31:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Debora Tsung
Ria Nieyli wrote:
Bzzz BOOM! Pretty funny the way the projectile went side to side in th air.


that's because it was a test or so called lab projectile. the aerodynamic shape of that thing is debatable at best.

In this video you can see a real projectile for a few seconds, looks like it had much better flight characteristics.

EDIT: You can see that real projectile starting at second 25, to be specific.

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Ria Nieyli
Nieyli Enterprises
When Fleets Collide
#5 - 2015-02-04 08:51:43 UTC
Debora Tsung wrote:
Ria Nieyli wrote:
Bzzz BOOM! Pretty funny the way the projectile went side to side in th air.


that's because it was a test or so called lab projectile. the aerodynamic shape of that thing is debatable at best.

In this video you can see a real projectile for a few seconds, looks like it had much better flight characteristics.

EDIT: You can see that real projectile starting at second 25, to be specific.


Yeah, I can see that. The real challenge lies with making the launcher smaller now. Imagine it in assault rifle size. You'd probably be able to fire as fast as you can pull the trigger, and it would work in space too. Battlefield Moon.
Arline Kley
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#6 - 2015-02-04 09:41:11 UTC
Ria Nieyli wrote:
Yeah, I can see that. The real challenge lies with making the launcher smaller now. Imagine it in assault rifle size. You'd probably be able to fire as fast as you can pull the trigger, and it would work in space too. Battlefield Moon.
Unless you can further decrease the size and weight of the energy source, have the weapon portable by infantry (going assault rifle size isn't helpful - the smallest size would be GPMG sized more than likely) then I don't think standard infantry would ever be armed with it.

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