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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Crazy Horse on February 04, 2008, 02:22:24 PM
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This is funny.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2816263
leftchick (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 01:56 PM
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U.S. Navy's new ''big gun'' to replace conventional weaponry
Advertisements [?]I am so glad my tax dollars go to new weapons systems and not those fascist government programs like Universal Healthcare.
The test-firing, captured on video, took place Jan. 31 in Dahlgren, Va., and Navy officials called it the ''world's most powerful electromagnetic railgun.'' The Navy's current MK 45 five-inch gun has a range of less than 23 miles (37 kilometers).
http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=580603
The big gun uses electromagnetic energy instead of explosive chemical propellants to fire a projectile farther and faster. The railgun, as it is called, will ultimately fire a projectile more than 230 miles (370 kilometers) with a muzzle velocity seven times the speed of sound (Mach 7) and a velocity of Mach 5 at impact.
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"I never ever want to see a Sailor or Marine in a fair fight. I always want them to have the advantage," said Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead. "We should never lose sight of always looking for the next big thing, always looking to make our capability better, more effective than what anyone else can put on the battlefield."
The railgun has been a featured weapon in many science fiction adventures, such as the new "Battlestar Galactic" series. It has also achieved newfound popularity among the 20-something-and-under generation for its devastating ability to instantaneously shoot a "slug" through walls and through multiple enemies in video games such as the "Quake" series of first person shooters.
The railgun's high-velocity projectile will destroy targets with sheer kinetic energy rather than with conventional explosives.
They show a picture from a tv show or a movie as the rail gun.
EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:01 PM
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1. You never know when there might be a terrorist 230 miles away
that's shorter than a tomahawk ya dumbass, and with no warhead or charge.....alot cheaper.
wtmusic (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:15 PM
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8. If only we had one on the USS Cole nt
WTF.................
thereismore (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:01 PM
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2. I think that pic is from Battlestar Galactica. Can't believe there's a guy firing his weapon at
the camera.
leftchick (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:02 PM
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4. he mentions BG
in the article. Sci-Fi is here.
ReformedChris (40 posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:01 PM
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3. I have a sickening feeling our own citizens could one day stare down the barell of this weapon! nt
Marr (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:06 PM
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5. What's with the purple light?
Edited on Mon Feb-04-08 02:06 PM by Marr
I didn't realize railguns emitted anything besides projectiles.
:thatsright:
shain from kane (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:06 PM
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6. "... more effective than what anyone else can put on the battlefield." - Ain't we already there?
wtmusic (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:20 PM
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11. The premise is we can hit a target at 230 miles
through intervening weather? Sounds like 100% boondoggle to me.
While they're trying to aim that thing they're killing us one by one with IEDs.
Thrice armed is he who hath his quarrel just
Aya Reiko (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:34 PM
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16. An additional facet to consider too.
Rail ammo contain no explosives and require less storage space.
Phoonzang (540 posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:19 PM
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9. I wonder if this is actually costing a lot of money..
The video I saw of the demonstration had a guy in a hunting camo jacket and Bud Light cap loading the gun with a plastic bucket (a sabot round I guess).
mainegreen (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:19 PM
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10. So, will a EMP render this gun useless?
nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:23 PM
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13. Ok as a sci fi writer this sucks
serious... well back to the drawing board for them nasty Hallas systems naval guns.
But I hate to say it, the coolness factor is there... and you know where many of these systems were tested? Have you ever ridden the Superman Adventure as Six Flags in Cali? That game uses the same principles
What a complete idiot
Paulie (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:31 PM
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15. What about the power supply?
Edited on Mon Feb-04-08 02:32 PM by Paulie
They going to hardwire it to a power plant? They going to run a cable from a ship while doing an amphibious assault? Because you know they won't just want it to be a standoff weapon on ship, they will want it mounted on a LCAC... with no cargo but a spool of wire.
Aya Reiko (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:52 PM
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18. Easy, nuclear power.
Carriers and Subs are all nuke. Next-gen Cruisers are all going to be nuke too.
Railguns are intended to replace the mounted guns currently used on ships.
Are the Primitives less knowing of economics or the military
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Are the Primitives less knowing of economics or the military
It is a close race between over 20,000 subjects that DUchebags now less about. Contrasted with being at the top of the game in pot smoking, welfare cheating, SSDI, Section 8 forms, where to buy cheetos, and general mooching.
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(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l307/asdf2231/smileys%20and%20fun/cats/railguncat.png)
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ReformedChris (40 posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:01 PM
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3. I have a sickening feeling our own citizens could one day stare down the barell of this weapon! nt
Sure, if you plan on going to ****istan and siding with the enemy, ya just might DUmmy. :censored:
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Marr (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 02:06 PM
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5. What's with the purple light?
Edited on Mon Feb-04-08 02:06 PM by Marr
I didn't realize railguns emitted anything besides projectiles.
:mental: :mental: :mental:
That screenshot is from a TV show you DUmbass. The light is special effects.
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-04-08 01:56 PM
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U.S. Navy's new ''big gun'' to replace conventional weaponry
Advertisements [?]I am so glad my tax dollars go to new weapons systems and not those fascist government programs like Universal Healthcare.
The Constitution says the Government is supposed to protect and defend the country. That's why we continue to work on those shiny new weapons systems.
Nowhere...NOWHERE in the Constitution...the Bill Of Rights or the Declaration of Independence does it say the Federal Government is supposed to give your lazy ass FREE FRIGGIN' HEALTHCARE!
:thatsright:
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When I saw the title of the thread I thought it was about TiT, being the Navy's "big gun" and all.....