| bannedagain said: terrorists will be sh-tting there pants. Just hanging out and all of sudden bomb, body is just split in half. wonder how much of a hole that gun leaves? Man I'm proud to be on the big guys side. America only does everything, even shooting you with a railgun. |
It should yield enough force to equal a cruise missle...So around ~450kg of high-yield explosives. The minaturization is immense, because the shell was probably between 3-5kg, yet should pack the same punch as the aforementioned cruise missle.
The huge advantage with the rail gun is the ammo - since there is no propellant, many more shells can be put onto a ship. For normal bombardment (like artillery), you could use very dumb ammunition, which could be stored by the thousands on a ship.
Speed is also a factor. At 33mj, the shell went Mach 7. At 64mj (the goal of the railgun project), it should go about Mach 8-9 if my math is correct. At such a speed, it will have huge advantages over cruise missles, as the chance to intercept is very unlikely.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
