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thesulei Syndicate Technologies	Posted - 2007.01.17 21:30:00 - [1] Slashdot.org link As posted on slashdot: "The Free Lance-Star newspaper is reporting that the Navy Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia has successfully demonstrated an 8-megajoule electromagnetic rail gun. A 32-megajoule version is due to be tested in June. A 64-megajoule version is anticipated to extend the range of naval gunfire (currently about 15 nautical miles for a 5-inch naval gun) to more than 200 nautical miles by 2020. The projectiles are small, but go so fast that have enough kinetic punch to replace a Tomahawk missile at a fraction of the cost. In the final version, they will apex at 95 miles altitude, well into space. These systems were initially part of Reagan's SDI program ("Star Wars"). An interesting tidbit in the article is that the rail gun is only expected to fire ten times or less per day, presumably because of the amount of electricity needed. I guess we now need a warp core to power them." Great isn't it? A semi-fiction becoming more and more real.
Darius Shakor Minmatar Freelance Unincorporated Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2007.01.17 21:33:00 - [2] I think the US Navy has been working on that for nearly 20 years now. Apparently battleships are the only realistic platform for deploying them at this time given how much stuff they need to work. ------ Shakor Clan Information Portal http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=3
Strel Samodelkin Caldari	Posted - 2007.01.17 21:38:00 - [3] Originally by: Darius Shakor I think the US Navy has been working on that for nearly 20 years now. Apparently battleships are the only realistic platform for deploying them at this time given how much stuff they need to work. Looks like Battleships will be replacing aircraft carriers soon, like Aircraft Carriers replaced battleships.
Soulis Slacker Industries Exuro Mortis	Posted - 2007.01.17 21:48:00 - [4] Sweet. Oh Noes!!!11 We Only Role Play Hetrosexuals!!
hattifnatt Gallente The Movement	Posted - 2007.01.17 22:01:00 - [5] Originally by: Strel Samodelkin Originally by: Darius Shakor I think the US Navy has been working on that for nearly 20 years now. Apparently battleships are the only realistic platform for deploying them at this time given how much stuff they need to work. Looks like Battleships will be replacing aircraft carriers soon, like Aircraft Carriers replaced battleships. Are they nerfing drones?
Jarjar exscape corporation	Posted - 2007.01.17 22:37:00 - [6] Originally by: hattifnatt Originally by: Strel Samodelkin Originally by: Darius Shakor I think the US Navy has been working on that for nearly 20 years now. Apparently battleships are the only realistic platform for deploying them at this time given how much stuff they need to work. Looks like Battleships will be replacing aircraft carriers soon, like Aircraft Carriers replaced battleships. Are they nerfing drones?
Admai Sket	Posted - 2007.01.17 22:52:00 - [7] Originally by: Jarjar Originally by: hattifnatt Originally by: Strel Samodelkin Originally by: Darius Shakor I think the US Navy has been working on that for nearly 20 years now. Apparently battleships are the only realistic platform for deploying them at this time given how much stuff they need to work. Looks like Battleships will be replacing aircraft carriers soon, like Aircraft Carriers replaced battleships. Are they nerfing drones? /QFT!! brill! BRING SHARKY AND GEORGE TO DVD
Anatolius Amarr PIE Inc.	Posted - 2007.01.18 00:41:00 - [8] Originally by: Strel Samodelkin Originally by: Darius Shakor I think the US Navy has been working on that for nearly 20 years now. Apparently battleships are the only realistic platform for deploying them at this time given how much stuff they need to work. Looks like Battleships will be replacing aircraft carriers soon, like Aircraft Carriers replaced battleships. I'd argue replacing; the need and utility of a floating airbase isn't diminished in the slightest by battleships with freakin' railguns. But I for one welcome our massive behemoth ship overlords. "If God be for us, whom can be against us?"
JadeO Caldari W.A.S.P	Posted - 2007.01.18 01:02:00 - [9] damn, quake wars soon lol ______________ Looking for a good signature, logo, website layout? EVEMail me!
Tisanta Amarr Dragonfire Intergalactic Crusaders of Krom	Posted - 2007.01.18 01:56:00 - [10] i got one in my garden --- Please resize image to a maximum of 400 x 120, not exceeding 24000 bytes, ty. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] - Cortes
Benglada Infinitus Odium Curse Alliance	Posted - 2007.01.18 02:10:00 - [11] lol yea, aircraft carriers totally replaced battleships, soon more battleships are going to be needed to snipe aircraft carriers at extreme range, and then battleships will be needed to take out battleships, and then RECONS WILL BE NEEDED!!! lol. --------------------------- Originally by: Arkanor 0.0 is the Final Frontier. Bring money and friends. Sig nerfz0r - maximum allowed siz0r is 24000 bytz0r. - Devil ([email protected]) Sig By Ortos
Patch86 Di-Tron Heavy Industries Freelancer Alliance	Posted - 2007.01.18 02:31:00 - [12] I'm waiting for the first person to say "Navy already has railguns actually noobs, I shud kno cuz I am teh Admiral of teh entyr SEaz0rz!!!oneoneelven!".......... -----------------------------------------------
Krulla Minmatar Queens of the Stone Age Anarchy Empire	Posted - 2007.01.18 05:48:00 - [13] Edited by: Krulla on 18/01/2007 05:44:50 Originally by: thesulei Great isn't it? A semi-fiction becoming more and more real. Originally by: Soulis Sweet. Great? Sweet? The last thing mankind needs is more efficent methods of killing itself. Sigs are for noobs.
Mitten Caldari Destructive Influence Apocalypse	Posted - 2007.01.18 05:59:00 - [14] Originally by: Krulla Edited by: Krulla on 18/01/2007 05:44:50 Originally by: thesulei Great isn't it? A semi-fiction becoming more and more real. Originally by: Soulis Sweet. Great? Sweet? The last thing mankind needs is more efficent methods of killing itself. Whats wrong with more efficient ways? We already got plenty of ways, least we can do is refine them to have the least amount of collateral. Or would you rather have a load dumb bombs dropped on an entire city because you cant tell it exactly where to hit, instead of a rail gun sniping its strategic locations specifically?
Zhu Dark Imperial Dreams Curatores Veritatis Alliance	Posted - 2007.01.18 06:22:00 - [15] Originally by: Mitten Or would you rather have a load dumb bombs dropped on an entire city because you cant tell it exactly where to hit, instead of a rail gun sniping its strategic locations specifically? If you're referring to the carpet bombings of the second world war, they did in fact hit exactly where they were meant to. Having that said I actually agree with you in a reserved fashion, although I'm still inclined to agree with Krulla that new weapons are steps in the wrong direction. Anyone who would disagrees that mankind would be better off without wars should be beaten to death in my humble opinion.
Balklanac Wise Guys Rogue Method Alliance	Posted - 2007.01.18 06:56:00 - [16] 2020 something to look forward to --------- I would love to see a bounty pilot get some friend or an alt to pod them to collect the isk if that resulted in a two week delay before their 'personality' was uploaded to a new clone.
Hydraxian Gallente Infinitus Odium Curse Alliance	Posted - 2007.01.18 07:27:00 - [17] The problem with the system atm, is that it can only fire 10 times a day, i presume cos of the Power requirments... bring on Nuclear battleships!!!
smashsmash	Posted - 2007.01.18 09:47:00 - [18] i dont think thats going to work in real life combat.
Mitten Caldari Destructive Influence Apocalypse	Posted - 2007.01.18 10:01:00 - [19] Edited by: Mitten on 18/01/2007 10:03:12 Originally by: Zhu Dark Originally by: Mitten Or would you rather have a load dumb bombs dropped on an entire city because you cant tell it exactly where to hit, instead of a rail gun sniping its strategic locations specifically? If you're referring to the carpet bombings of the second world war, they did in fact hit exactly where they were meant to. Having that said I actually agree with you in a reserved fashion, although I'm still inclined to agree with Krulla that new weapons are steps in the wrong direction. Anyone who would disagrees that mankind would be better off without wars should be beaten to death in my humble opinion. The only time there will be no war will be when there is no one left to fight. Edit: I'm prolly considered pessimistic by saying this, but every time I see a tv show, or anyone wishing or praying for world peace, I think that the only way that will ever happen is in a way they wouldn't like. I don't claim to be an expert on utopian societies, but as far as I've heard they all fail horribly. Human nature... everyone wants what everyone has and everyone else wants more.
Hesod Adee Bright New Dawn Free Trade Coalition	Posted - 2007.01.18 10:21:00 - [20] Originally by: Mitten The only time there will be no war will be when there is no one left to fight. Well, thats what nuclear weapons are for :) ----------------- My door is always open, just don't go in.
Zezman Murder of Crows E N I G M A	Posted - 2007.01.18 13:47:00 - [21] So what if they have railguns that could fire up to 200 miles away, how accurate can something that powerful actually be? At least tomahawk missiles have internal gyroscopes and computer chips and fins and power to direct themselves to the target. How you gonna get all that on a tiny projectile and expect it to perform with any kind of accuracy given that it has to reenter the atmosphere in order to hit its target?
Ralus eXceed Inc.	Posted - 2007.01.18 15:51:00 - [22] are they actually railguns or coilguns, there a subtle difference and most people get it wrong
Patch86 Di-Tron Heavy Industries Freelancer Alliance	Posted - 2007.01.18 16:20:00 - [23] Originally by: Ralus are they actually railguns or coilguns, there a subtle difference and most people get it wrong I think they are actually railguns, since thats the project the US Navy have poored more time into. Not sure though. -----------------------------------------------
Kharakan Amarr Morticus Impendium	Posted - 2007.01.18 16:41:00 - [24] Originally by: Zezman So what if they have railguns that could fire up to 200 miles away, how accurate can something that powerful actually be? At least tomahawk missiles have internal gyroscopes and computer chips and fins and power to direct themselves to the target. How you gonna get all that on a tiny projectile and expect it to perform with any kind of accuracy given that it has to reenter the atmosphere in order to hit its target? Who said anything about leaving the atmosphere? this signature space is claimed in the name of eris, haha I got to him first. neeneer
Tamulan E.V.I.L	Posted - 2007.01.18 17:32:00 - [25] It was in the article: Originally by: thesulei "In the final version, they will apex at 95 miles altitude, well into space. These systems were initially part of Reagan's SDI program ("Star Wars")." _________________________________________ New sig coming soon(tm)
Kharakan Amarr Morticus Impendium	Posted - 2007.01.18 17:45:00 - [26] My bad this signature space is claimed in the name of eris, haha I got to him first. neeneer
Constantine Arcanum Gallente IMPERIAL SENATE Pure.	Posted - 2007.01.18 18:17:00 - [27] I wish they would spend less time on making huge guns and start making lazors to shoot down nukes before they re-enter the atmosphere :( I helped - Cortes What a shiny and lovely place here - Eshtir Well lets make it a party atleast :D -Xorus RAWWWR!11!!1!2 SIG HIJACK!!11!1 I found it first, get orrrfff moiiii laaannnd - Cortes
Grimpak Gallente Twisted Attitude Apocalyptica.	Posted - 2007.01.18 19:12:00 - [28] Originally by: thesulei "An interesting tidbit in the article is that the rail gun is only expected to fire ten times or less per day, presumably because of the amount of electricity needed. I guess we now need a warp core to power them." I guess that the fact that a railgun needs to have perfectly aligned magnetic rails (as in 0,0000000000000000000000000001mm error or less) makes time between shots larger, since they need to re-check and re-align the rails. of course the energy is another one, however I can see a nuclear-powered ship having enough energy to fire more than 10 shots per day. ------- Originally by: Tiuwaz for caldari perception weapons that hit up to 100km are short range weapons
smashsmash	Posted - 2007.01.18 19:55:00 - [29] has anyone else heard the million dollar space-pen urban legend? it basically goes like this: NASA needed a pen that could write in space, underwater and at extreme temperatures during the space race. After spending millions of dollars engineers finally came up with a pen that could just do that. The Russians on the other hand, used pencils. i can see a billion dollar trebuchet legend sprouting wings and flying around the internet in the near future.
Hesod Adee Bright New Dawn Free Trade Coalition	Posted - 2007.01.18 20:35:00 - [30] Originally by: Zezman So what if they have railguns that could fire up to 200 miles away, how accurate can something that powerful actually be? From another article Quote: Projectiles will probably eventually have fins for GPS control and navigation. To achieve that kind of control and minimize collateral damage, railgun ordnance will require electronic innards that can survive tremendous stress coming out of the muzzle. ----------------- My door is always open, just don't go in.

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