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U.S. Navy to Deploy Rail Guns by 2011
Walter Francis writes "The U.S. Navy has apparently been busy. They have been focusing heavily on the next generation of weapons and propulsion systems, including Microwave, Laser, and Electromagnetic-Kinetic weapons, more commonly known as railguns. What specifically surprised me was the fact that the Navy plans to deploy these systems as early as 2011, on their DD(X) frigates. The range of these rail guns is estimated to be over 250 miles."
Now we'll have guns to accidentally kill Middle-Eastern civilians from 250 miles away! We are so 1337!
While the Euroweenies were wailing, Reagan, with the blessing of the Pope, put those ICBM's at the Russian's back door.
If Rail Guns can facilitate the fall of Islam or the ChiComs then bravo.
Hey hey, as long as its not an American family!
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Because the US does not use their military might to colonize and subjugate other countries.
You don't need a visa to travel to Iraq if you have a US passport, because Iraq is technically currently American soil. The US went against the UN and popular world opinion (remeber 2 million people on London's streets? - same in other major city around the world including NYC and SF).
Your undemocratically elected president has taken it upon himself to conquer a country.
Please think about what you're saying.
The reason why a projectile underwater goes faster when it hits really high speeds (and none of these Russian rocket torpedoes have broken the speed of sound underwater yet) is because they cause the water to cavitate around the projectile, which causes less overall drag probably for a number of reasons.
In the air, though, there is no phase change at really high speeds (unless you're going on the order of Mach 25 or so), so all you get for your trouble is more drag.
Disclaimer: IANAL. This post is, however, legal advice, and creates an attorney-client relationship.