>Washington (AFP) - The US Navy is quietly pushing ahead with a radical new cannon that one day could transform how wars are fought, even though some Pentagon officials have voiced concerns over its cost and viability.
Named the railgun, the weapon in question represents a paradigm shift in ballistic technology. Instead of using gunpowder and explosive charges to shoot a shell from its barrel, it employs vast amounts of electromagnetic energy to zoom a projectile along a set of copper-alloy rails.
>https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-navy-keeps-electromagnetic-cannon-sights-022036370.html
We future warfare now.
How can the rest of the world even compete?
Sounds like a dumb idea if you replace gunpowder with railguns
>>78758413
haven't we been waiting on this railgun shit for like 20 fucking years?
Yeah, everyone except for you has know about this since the late 80's.
>>78758413
>>78758413
The more dead muslims the better off the world is.
>>78758633
Does canada even have a military? Last i heard you were giving your bases to muslimes
This isn't anything new.
Don't they have working versions of these already?
>>78758413
nigger
>>78758786
They saw some action in Afghanistan
>>78758413
This has been around for years...
>>78758413
metal... gear
Seriously though, metal gear could be real in 10 years.
>tfw no way to counter nuclear warhead launched at incredible speeds from railgun
>mfw never will be launched from a railgun in a tincan wailing on the guitar as part of some horrible experiment to replace rapid deployment by helicopters
>>78758413
Rail gun isn't even exiting anon bro, the laser is the real news
>>78758911
*WHOOOSSSSH*
>>78758990
it only shoots 150 miles
>>78758721
kek
>>78758413
>railguns
>new
![1434554997704[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/5AWXZZJ.jpg "1434554997704[1].jpg")
>>78758413
You mean the railgun built and designed by British Aerospace?
It even has the logo on the side of it
>>78759142
>you clicked
good job
>>78759069
>laser
can't tonight, too foggy
>Each HVP eventually will cost about $50,000 -- still considerably more expensive than a conventional shell but an order of magnitude cheaper than guided missiles such as the Tomahawk, that cost more than $1 million apiece.
Well the price on those sure has gone up.
I remember them talking about the costs to fire the railgun and it was jack shit.
Like in the realm of few k at absolute tops.
I bet they made a contract with Shekelheim & Berg to manufacture those things.
After all they're just metal spikes, pic related.
>>78758876
They're working already yeah and as far as that power drain goes, the new Zumwalt class ship can power that no problems.
The main problem is the wear on the gun itself.
They basically fuck up the rails after couple of shots and that's a bit of a problem.
Think of it as a cannon where the barrel melts after few shots.
>>78759011
>11
can you please explain this to me or give me a wiki? I am genuinely interested and too drunk to googlefu it. Sounds like the most badass way to kys ever
>>78758413
Been in the works for a long time.
The principle is well understood.
The problem is storing enough electrical charge and making rails that don't disintegrate immediately. But I suppose they're working it out.
>>78758721
I laughed
>>78758413
>Named the railgun
>the railgun
Remind me why illiterate normie retards allowed to run blogs these days?
>>78758413
Can't do anything a cruise missile can't ... and those are only expensive because military procurement and the defense industry is fucked up.
>>78758413
IN
>>78758721
lel, saved.
>>78758413
dude you are embarrassingly far behind
how did you just now hear about this?
the fact that you actually use yahoo news might explain it
METAL GEAR?!
>>78759337
they need to have a projectile that has well controlled ballistic characteristics along with being able to not disintegrate immediately as it is launched.
I imagine it consists of some very difficult/expensive to make extremely hard alloys, and requires extremely precise machining.
>>78759448
good luck hitting these things with ciwis bro, also you can carry loads of these things
>>78759337
How the fuck do rounds cost 50k a peice? I could mill the same thing in my garage for 10 bucks
>>78759540
Shut the fuckk up you dumb nigger
lel who needs railguns, just use gunpowder
>>78759844
gr8 b8 m8
where do they generate the energy from? nuclear reactors?
>>78759694
>>78759939
nuclear doesn't provide more power than chemical
it just has greater fuel efficiency
>mounting rail guns on ships only
Honestly i see potential in these weapons on aircraft serving as long range anti tank/everything below. Like flying sniper rifles
>>78759939
That or regular.
It's not really about energy or power output, because the energy has to be discharged in a very short amount of time.
Just needs lots of very high end capacitors.
>>78760334
>What is recoil
>>78759939
They could, but there aren't any active nuclear powered cruisers or destroyers. Only carriers and subs use them.
Electricity is generated with an alternator whether it's nuclear, diesel, or whatever.
All nuclear reactors do is heat up water into steam to spin a turbine.
They have to have a bunch of fancy capacitors to be able to store and rapidly discharge that much electricity though.
>>78758413
Old news , but posting just because.
>>78760574
>humans can compinsate for recoil
>rail gun is giant gun
Giant robots?
>>78758777
Witbesssseeeeeeeeed
>>78760574
>somehow having potential is the same as this plan is fucking bulletproof that even JFKs head is safe
>>78761056
what? did you even read that
>>78760574
There is no rail gun in magnetic accelerators. Do you even into physics?
You have a bunch of magnets. Those magnets progressively speed an object up and it is pushed into progressively intensifying fields. Holy fuck.
>>78761203
Recoil. Of corse there's a rail gun. Fucking thumbs.
>>78760574
>What is recoil
>>78758413
>railguns
>new
What is BAE systems?
>>78758413
whoops
>>78758876
Yes i think they already put one on a battleship.
>>78759337
>Think of it as a cannon where the barrel melts after few shots.
why does the barrel melt? surely the sabot doesn't actually contact the rails at any point? is it friction caused by explosive air displacement? why is the barrel not a vacuum environment? are the capacitors themselves melting because they're shoving 1.21 gigawatts through them multiple times? what gives?
>>78758786
They even had some medic troops supporting us in Vietnam. Don't bash Canada for not wanting to police the world 24/7. There is plenty of other pussy shit to go after them for that isn't their military.
>>78761283
>what is google
>>78761283
Yeah or some way dwsign the gun to mount to the fount of the aircraft for longer distance
>>78761505
*design *front fuck
>>78761505
>>78758413
>tfw country has rail-gun and magnetic carrier launch catapult
>>78761610
>>78761505
>>78759337
The rounds are expensive because there is some self-guidance tech involved. Basically they can deploy drag along an axis to slight correct trajectory mid-flight. This gives them a range of 600 miles.
>>78761430
There's heat from the current used to make the EMF
I still don't quite understand the benefit of railguns compared to conventional weapons.
>>78761505
>>78761610
>>78761705
>>78761436
Actually there was a few thousand Canadians that headed south to fight with you in Vietnam. Not just medics.
I know a few of them.
>>78761808
>>78761705
>>78761610
Because you need a fuck ton of magnets to hurl a projectile longer distance. So instead of mounting the rail gun on the side like as a 155 0r 105, the entire hull is the gun. Like a bigger A10 with a bigger gun
>>78761808
>>78761705
>>78761610
>>78761505
>>78761800
No more magazine explosions on ships.
>>78761989
Not to mention one hell of a power source.
Pretty much rules out aircraft at this point in time.
>>78758413
This is what cracks me up about the gun control debate.
Guns are soooo dangerous... Blah blah blah
The fools have no idea what is coming.
Rail guns with make chemical projectial weapons look like air rifles.
...and people are building rail guns in their garage right now
3d printed rail guns will kill the god of regulation.
>>78761719
The cost is making them from pure tungsten senpai.
>>78762152
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWeJsaCiGQ0
>>78761800
Go play some quake or watch that one Arnold movie
>>78758777
And the more muslims are born the worse off the world is.
>>78761430
>surely the sabot doesn't actually contact the rails at any point?
It does exactly this. An electric current is applied to one rail, conducted through the sabot, and completes the circuit through the other rail. This produces the force that pushes the sabot along the rails. Plus a fuckton of heat.
Are rail guns on tanks next? Once they perfect and miniaturize the technology, of course.
>>78762340
Love that flags food.
Bibinka and pork tocino is god tier breakfast
>>78760143
He's right though.
>>78762409
>>78762111
Thats exactly my point the idea is there as well as the potential. Tanks are another good idea, eliminate the need for depleted uranium shells, thus saving healthcare cost later in the future.
Also the aircraft would serve long range support. Opposite of the A10 CAS missions. If they can perfect the power/delivery system on the rail gun this could have potential to poineer the age of ariel artillery
>>78762409
Self-propelled artillery will get them before MBTs. That will be a long while off though; the gun itself isn't that big, but all the capacitors and generator(s) take a lot of space.
>>78762282
Sweet
And that was from 3 years ago!
>>78762409
Probably not tanks, but I wouldn't be surprised to one day see a railgun artillery battery. Basically a big ass generator on wheels that tows around the actual cannon. They could be set up deep in safe territory where they're well protected and fueled, and lob shells for miles deep into enemy territory.
That said, a long time ago I read a kick ass sci-fi novel that was basically about gigantic futuristic land battleships that were controlled by an AI plus a human commander. They had railguns, nuclear ICBMs, cruise missiles and a laser defense system, and basically you could drop a handful of them on a planet to roll around blowing up whatever you wanted. I forget what the book was called but it was a really fun read.
>>78758786
Canadian snipers are bretty good
>>78762705
>eliminate the need for depleted uranium shells
Excuse me but how would the propulsion of the shells change the fact that giving them a depleted uranium core extends their range etc.?
>>78761642
But wait, there's more!
>>78763128
Idk what you guys use down under but here in burger land on M1 abrams they use DU shells for penetration on armor. Like armor piercing ammunition on steroids.
But if perfected, the rail gun would use kinetic energy as the range, propulsion, and penetration trifecta.
The concept of weaponizing kinetic energy means the faster it goes the harder it goes through basically
>>78763591
But won't the depleted uranium core, making the missile more heavy, hold its kinetic energy for longer, extending range and armour penetration?
>>78763137
>tfw this thing got scrapped
thanks obama
Question: is the railgun a highschoool girl?
>>78763802
Never stop building cool shit and sweet weapons Ameribros.
>>78763753
On the concept railgun it would use a dense metal by itself as the payload, thus eliminating the need for using DU. On a 120mm, i would think heavy round would affect the velocity. Idk i was a scout not a tanker
>>78758413
>railguns
how old is this news?
>>78761800
less moving parts = lower chance of failure or breakage
no explosives storage
more accurate
lower cost per shot
>>78764124
What metal would not shatter, on impact, at the high Mach number speeds (nor melt from the air resistance friction)?
>>78764124
>a dense metal
What ones are denser than uranium and economical enough to use?
>>78764384
Are you asking critcally or genuinely curious? I dont know. Probably a titanium tungsten alloy would do the trick. But like i said its only a concept
Could a ship deploy a trillion Tera Joule electromagnet to defeat the rail gun projectile?
>>78758413
No doubt rail guns are cool OP, problem is firing a rail gun is an extremely energetically expensive process, and requires an enormous amount of heat dissapation, even modern designs which dedicate a significant fraction of onboard ship power to thermal management in the rails can only fire ~10 projectiles before the rails have to be replaced.
so they're not really useful until some miraculous engineering happens
>>78764614
The magnetic field would have to go in all directions around the ship, and that probably wouldnt work. Im basing on the +/- magnets
>>78764609
Curious. Once you start accelerating objects to crazy speeds, the material physics start getting equally unworldly.
>>78763753
>making the missile more heavy
Meaning you need more energy to accelerate it to the same velocity as a steel or tungsten penetrator, which is going to increase the size and energy demand of the weapon. Not great for a tank at the moment. Ultimately you can shoot a very heavy round fast, or shoot a heavy round very fast, and the kinetic energy on target will be roughly the same in either case (as it's a function of the gun, not the round). All this means that using the cheaper and less environmentally hazardous ammunition is preferable.
>>78763802
It was shit anyways. Lasers have a serious problem in atmosphere (lensing and bloom), plus their awful power requirements. They are going to be fantastic point defense weapons for ships, and eventually aircraft and armor though.
Won't be too useful without a lightening gun to weaken people first
>>78758721
heh
>>78759337
>The main problem is the wear on the gun itself.
>They basically fuck up the rails after couple of shots and that's a bit of a problem.
>Think of it as a cannon where the barrel melts after few shots.
that was my first thought when i read "copper rail"
>>78762282
oh no, if i don't have a bed sheet handy i might get a little knick on my skin
>>78758413
>tfw you rushed future tech and now war is on easymode
>airships with rail gun cannons and nukes WHEN???
>>78759694
government contracts. :^)
>>78764809
Not an expert on the periodic table but possibly combine like i said before tungsten and titanium and plate the tip with the same ceramic as the space shuttle to displace heat and add on a heat element to the payload
>>78765038
KIROV REPORTING
>>78764760
I was envisioning a giant electromagnet on a ship's tall mast that would "catch" the projectile (like a fly in a net mounted on a pole). Maybe a U-shaped (horseshoe style) magnet to attract the metal projectile away from the ship hull and superstructure. An electromagnetic countermeasure.
>>78760574
rail guns don't have recoil
>>78765213
and also all the sailors metallic objects and equiptment onboard XDDD
>>78764818
Yes but heavier rounds hold their speed for longer, i.e., retaining more kinetic energy as they travel.
Additionally, DU rounds being denser means even if the kinetic energy was the same at the moment of impact, wouldn't the DU round penetrate better than the conventional round because the pressure exerted on the armour would be greater?
>>78765213
Like a magnetic flare system using magnetic enegry isntead of heat. Either way it would have to be place super far away from the vehicle to attract incoming fire than the vehicle itself>>78765131
>>78762071
my granddad flew those in the war.
>>78758413
Old news, Cletus. Get out of the backwoods every once in a while.
>>78765322
>rail guns don't have recoil
>"Newton's 3rd law doesn't apply to magnets, dey magic n shieet"
>>78758911
more than just Afghanistan. Our special forces have been fighting alongside yours for a while. In fact it was the Canadians who flew in and picked you guys up that Chinook after you crashed that fancy stealth hawk on Osama's lawn.
>>78759219
>tfw burgers realise most of their tech in the last centuary came from us
They'll never admit this though.
>>78758413
posting
>>78765340
Can you "steer" a magnetic field so it points like an umbrella (and not envelope you like a sphere)?
>>78762856
sounds like the BOLO novels
>>78765363
If the velocity on both DU rounds and Rail launched payload then rail system would be a better choice because magnets (as far as im tracking) has no negative affect on armor crews while the former is fucking radioactive
>>78765456
not enough to ever be an issue. do you know how rail guns work?
>>78758786
Does the distance record still hold for the Canadian sniper?
>>78765682
*is the same then
>>78765370
Yes. Similar to chaff clouds (aluminium strips) aircraft deploy, to draw radar homing missiles away.
>>78758413
>tfw made a rail gun for sixth grade science project
I got a 76.
It could shoot steel ball bearings through cardboard.
>>78759351
railguns are useless for launching humans, the acceleration would liquefy anything organic before it left the barrel.
>>78765608
You can change the shape of a magnetic field by using magnets in different places, but I dunno if what you suggest is feasible
>>78765682
Fair enough, but there would still be some sort of advantage to using DU for the reasons I mention, wouldn't there?
>>78765698
Do you? If you apply 100N of force to an object using your arms in one direction, your arms experience 100N of reaction force in the opposite direction.
If you use Magnets to apply 100n of force to an object in one direction, your magnets experience 100N of reaction force in the opposite direction.
>tfw aliens will never invade
>you will never fight in the resistance, survive and watch humanity use alien tech to advance
>you will never take the fight to them
>>78763802
last i heard the program had run its course and was going to be replaced by a smaller version built into a C-130 instead.
>>78765730
It would be highly useless on a ship and be used effectively. The idea of a magnetic deterrent system is there.
>>78765982
From what i read about DU its the same as lead used as a dense penetrator but goes deeper than lead. And if this kinetic energy trend tor military application continue, DU will be fully obsolete. Theres more disadvantages than anything. You cut out veteran health costs and protect current troop health and combat readiness.
>>78762637
He isn't right though. If you machined a sabot out of 10 bucks worth of metal it would be useless. They need to be made out of pure tungsten to handle the physics.
>>78765968
The fuck is that? A jet in a rocket?
>>78765363
>Yes but heavier rounds hold their speed for longer, i.e., retaining more kinetic energy as they travel.
Sure, but the lighter round will have a greater initial speed if the same force is used to fire it. Drag isn't a huge factor for short range (direct) shots, and for long range shots you can use a nice big parabolic arc to add gravity back into your impact energy (with the lighter round traveling higher than the heavier one). In the end I don't know that you'd see a huge difference in impact energy, but I could be wrong.
>Additionally, DU rounds being denser means even if the kinetic energy was the same at the moment of impact, wouldn't the DU round penetrate better than the conventional round because the pressure exerted on the armour would be greater?
As long as the rounds are the same shape and fired with the same energy, they're going to exert the same pressure on impact. The real difference is how the round deforms on impact (DU tends to shatter into spikes that will pierce armor). At the energy levels a railgun delivers i'm not sure what the material physics would say, or if they would even matter. As long as your projectile doesn't literally vaporize (boil) on impact, the shape of the projectile might be irrelevant with the energy behind it.
>>78765629
YES! That was it! Thank you for reminding me. I should go scare one up again.
>>78765700
No, a brit took top spot in Afghanistan in 2009 with a 2,475 m (2,707 yd) kill.
could you put the railjigger on a nuclear tank so it fires at shit really far away?
>>78765968
Like a kickass blender.
>seriously what the fuck is that
>>78758413
>built a railgun when I was in high school
>almost 20 years later, the navy finally catches up
I don't know if I should feel good or worried about this...
Hopefully their gun will be able to puncture more than a block of wood
>>78759351
A million hours in Paint.
>>78759219
Yes, that railgun. Thank you for your help with it. I hope you appreciate the F-35's we worked so hard on :^)
>>78767364
If the projectile boils after impact than it would act like an EFP or rpg but without the shaped carge design. Basically shotgunning a blast of molten metal into the target
>>78759337
>Well the price on those sure has gone up.
Fucking called it. Guided projectiles are expensive, no matter how you deliver them. The "cheap railgun" to replace missiles was a stupid fucking delusion fabricated by nostalgic admirals with a hard-on for battleships.
>>78758413
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When will we get electromagnetic pistols for civilian use?
>>78767709
JUST
GIB BATTLESHIPS
>>78765599
You mean by all the US uni grads who moved to Britain to work on new tech? Cuz you're stoned if you think it was just britcucks.
>>78766587
Sort of. The YAL-1 was designed for missile defense. That project was scrapped, and the most comparable thing to it these days are ship-based anti-missile lasers that are just now reaching deployment. The C-130 you speak of is/was intended for engaging ground targets; I haven't heard anything from that project for quite some time now though and I suspect it's been shelved.
>>78758413
With all these retarded decisions by the American government over warfare lately, is it a real concern that some people might be actively working against the country?
>>78761430
From personal experience, the armature (aka the bit of metal needed to complete the circuit between the rails) always melts onto the rails itself because of the current going through them. A home-made railgun using aluminum for the rails and sheet copper for the armature will only last one shot because the copper will melt and pit the rails. Also, the rails have a tendency to want to slam together and weld themselves after a shot. They need to be bolted down for safety, mostly.
I think the Navy is also using some sort of metal for the armature, but how they did away with rail erosion/meltiness is puzzling.
>>78767364
>for long range shots you can use a nice big parabolic arc
Didn't even think about dat senpai, but I'm not sure if what you say about the shape not mattering is true
>>78767521
Every single piece of technology released to the public has been in heavy development for at least 20 years prior.
Basically every 20 years you'll see a "new" technology come out. Usually multiple at once.
>>78758413
Honestly if you just tell the Chinese this is possible they'll have like 4x as many for less than half the cost
>>78768286
w-what is going on in that picture?
>>78767436
>>78767275
It's the dildo of thy mothers
This is a rail gun, you fucking moron.
IT
IS
NOT
NEW
>>78758624
yes. but they've likely went from concept to functional prototype.
Also, keep in mind that it took Academy City from preschool to middle school to develop Misaka into a Railgun. Which iz why they got the go-ahead to make 10,000 clones of her.
These things take time........
>>78762282
That's a coil gun, not a rail gun. They both use different properties of electromagnetism to propel conductive slugs. The coil gun uses the same principle found in those masturbation-aiding shake-able flashlights.
Also, coil guns can fire as many rounds as the batteries/capacitors can last. Railguns are mostly single-shot deals due to the insanely high amount of current needed for each shot.
>>78763802
It used chemical lasers, which introduces a metric asston of paperwork needed just to fly the thing above places where it would do the most good. Plus, there were concerns about the 747's ability to deploy to hotspots quick enough from airfields that can support their massive take-off weight.
>>78767553
>USS Boat
where da fuck else would u put it on????????
>>78759219
That means "Best American Engineering", the English aren't allowed to have guns, silly.
>>78762282
MUH SECOND AMENDMENTZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHALULZ
Would rather see US rule the world than China 10 out of 10 times.
>>78765968
If you had a long enough barrel you could keep the acceleration (relatively) gentle. But we're talking miles long so it's probably not very practical. Maybe as a cheap booster system to accelerate a craft to low speeds before rockets or scramjets take over.
>>78768164
>I'm not sure if what you say about the shape not mattering is true
It's not that shape doesn't matter, it's more that the density of the material doesn't matter past a certain point. At a high enough energy metals will essentially liquefy on impact, and liquids effectively cannot be compressed. This means that the density of your projectile doesn't matter nearly as much as its velocity (energy). Once you can squish a metal to the point that it behaves like a liquid (called superplasticity), the impact will cut a hole through extremely thick armor versus a solid round. This is the idea behind a shaped charge, only they tend to rely on a secondary explosive to cause superplasticity in anti-armor shots. With a railgun you have so much energy behind the projectile from the start that you probably don't need a secondary charge. It might be as simple as casing the round in something with a high heat tolerance like ceramic, so that the core of the round is directed out the nose and pushes through armor or concrete to the interior whatever is about to be fucked beyond belief. Material scientists are going to wind up in a whole new ballpark with railguns so who knows what will turn out to be the best?
>>78769403
I don't think railguns are even covered by the BATF simply because it doesn't use explosives as a propellant. If you have enough capacitors, a massive generator, and some really high-grade metals, you could build a 20mm+ rail gun that can penetrate several cars and not get paid a visit by the fun police.
>>78759844
Fuck that that must of been some terrifying shit right there.
>>78768918
>>78764818
I know it wasn't viable, but they could have put it in a museum instead of scrapping it.
>>78767364
>parabolic arc adds back gravity
>what is terminal velocity
The heavier the projectile, the more useful it will be in a military application.
When it impacts if it is more dense, the amount of energy released when the projectile explodes or vaporizes on impact will likely much higher. The ideal solution will probably be to find the maximum acceleration at which you can launch a projectile with X density.
>>78769822
The chemicals they used to power the lasers was highly corrosive and is one of those compounds that the EPA has nightmares about. Plus, the plane had just enough classified designs on board for the government to give a damn about its disposal. There was no way that they were going to preserve it for public or private display.
>>78765698
>not enough to ever be an issue. do you know how rail guns work?
>>78769565
DAMN STR8.
My right to operate 1-Farad capacitors in my home SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
[actually, from my experience as a technician in Silicon Valley 20+ years, you'd use lotsa smaller caps. And mondo MOSFET's...]
>>78758413
The rest of the world literally can't compete.
The US military is an unstoppable behemoth at this point and I envy the poor bastards that end up actually trying to take it on.
Assuming the Americans aren't funding said poor bastards, that is.
>>78762282
that gun is worthless.
>>78767275
>>78767436
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHvBUqfWDRs
>>78758721
I don't get it
>>78765023
>>78770320
Obviously it's not supposed to be lethal, it's basically a paintball gun. The point is that anyone can build one in their garage, and if scaled up a bit they could be lethal.
>>78768765
We've had functional prototypes for years, the current plan is to mount it on the Zumwalt by the end of this or next year for operational trials.
>>78768782
The rails also have a very short service life due to warping from the waste heat and magnetic fields. I'd love to know how the project plans to or has gotten around it, but I'm sure it's extremely classified.
So when will I be able to Gaussboost IRL?
>>78768404
rape
>>78759219
In America by American staff under an American program. What is a multinational corporation?
>>78759219
>General Atomics: American
>BAE: British
>Raytheon: American
You better hold another referendum on this :^)
>>78758413
I thought lasers where the next big thing
Do you guys really think they just decided to design the gauss cannon in the last 10 years? It's been in the public as a known possible projectile weapon for decades and the military never designed one?
Remember how the SR71 Blackbird was designed in the late 50's?
These weapons already exist.
>>78761429
>Yes i think they already put one on a battleship.
There are no active Battleships in the entirety of the USN
>>78758721
>mfw on mobile
>>78771533
Different roles. Lasers are great for interception and point defense, but obviously only work if you have line-of-sight. Railguns are capable of indirect fire and can hit targets on the opposite end of Europe.
>>78761429
>>78761429
No there was supposed to be an on water test this year but it got pushed back because they want to skip a step and integrate it on the new destroyer instead of the test boat. The destroyer isn't available yet though because it is undergoing other tests.
>>78758413
pretty based Tbh
>>78769665
Even scarier when the sharks come to feed on survivors
>>78769665
You want something terrifying?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Pd527GN48
>>78771828
Not necessarily. Things can be imagined and theorized long before materials science or other fields catch up to make them possible or practical to build.
No doubt the military does have secret advanced shit we don't know about, but rail guns aren't necessarily one of them. If they had affordable and reliable rail guns 20 years ago they would have used them. It's not something that you can use while keeping it a secret like aircraft.
>>78758413
Remove kebab. Kill all Muslims.
>>78772598
I don't think there were any survivors. The concussive force would have killed even the ones who made it to the water. If you want shark attacks, look up the Indianapolis or Johnston.
>>78773111
KEK WILLS IT
>>78759694
same reason lethal injection poison costs 50k
>>78773111
OH BABY A TRIPPLLLLLE
Roll you dead gayfu!
>>78773412
rollie pollie ollie
>>78758413
it is really nothing big, launching ballistic projectiles is rather outdated and I doubt a railgun would change that
missiles are the norm and they will remain the norm until lasers become more viable.
though laser are forbidden by one geneva covention or another.
>>78758600
9982 is best sister.
>>78759219
Workers are American. Tech is owned by America. Firewall between BAE America and British BAE.
>>78758413
but god would I love to see an ac-130 with a laser as a weapon.
ah the sight of all those ahmeds squirming around like little ants under a magnified glass, just suddenly spontaniously combusting
>>78758413
Have a tank,OP
>>78758721
CLICK
>>78759219
>BAE
British-American Empire when?
>>78758413
How long until magnetic shielding?
>>78771828
Halo 2 had gauss cannons. That shit was in 2004
>>78774198
that is a mighty beautiful tank, I do not care what all those russophiles say, the US makes the most beautiful military hardware from tanks to planes like the f/a-22/35 to attack chopper like the ah-64
god they are all so beautiful
>>78774613
Yup, the Abrams is quite the beauty. Thanks to an American-German collaboration. British also helped. But nevertheless, this tank has a solid and extensive combat record.
>>78772659
>That scene where the guy is chasing a crowd of fleeing soldiers with a flamethrower.
Thank fuck I only fought in Iraq. Real wars like WW1 and 2 are hopefully something humanity will never be stupid enough to pull off again. What a reckless waste of human life for all sides involved...And for what?
>>78758413
posting for good freedoms
>>78758413
Post mofo
>>78758413
Please do this because it changes the defibition of what is considered a firearm.
>>78774857
Amen
>>78765207
IN TIME
>>78758413
>We future of corruption in warfare now.
lel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanyon
>>78759219
LOL American military BTFO
WE WUZ INVENTORS ND SHIIIT
allah akbarf
>>78758413
bang
>>78765207
Mig fighter! ready to rule the skies!
