A couple things I thought about when I read this guy's site (besides the fact it is, in fact, very interesting).
1. The slugs fired from this weapon would not be able to be matched to any weapon. Ballistics matching is usually done by matching deformities caused by the firing of a conventional chemical based round.
2. The weapon is completely covert...no sound, no muzzle flare.
3. There would be no GSR left behind by the firing. No way to tell that it had been fired.
4. The muzzle velocity of the projectile is comparatively slow. It is so slow that it would not be classified as a firearm. I seem to remember (and someone out there might have a more accurate figure, please share if you do) that in order to actually be classified as a firearm a weapon must fire a projectile at 200m/s or faster. 33m/s (and this is really really fast compared to other coilgun experiments I've found...most of those are under 6m/s) is nowhere close to this...however I'd like to see anyone dodge a projectile moving at that speed.
We must remember that throughout time those who make the most memorable contributions to science are usually laughed at right up until the moment they are vindicated (usually post-mortum). Genius walks this side of insanity after all.
Now, I'm not saying that we can control time by altering the speed of light, nor am I an advocate of the timecube. However things we take for granted today were once ridiculed and derided by "wiser" and more "knowledgable" men.
Who knows what the next great scientific breakthrough will be.
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A couple things I thought about when I read this guy's site (besides the fact it is, in fact, very interesting).
1. The slugs fired from this weapon would not be able to be matched to any weapon. Ballistics matching is usually done by matching deformities caused by the firing of a conventional chemical based round.
2. The weapon is completely covert...no sound, no muzzle flare.
3. There would be no GSR left behind by the firing. No way to tell that it had been fired.
4. The muzzle velocity of the projectile is comparatively slow. It is so slow that it would not be classified as a firearm. I seem to remember (and someone out there might have a more accurate figure, please share if you do) that in order to actually be classified as a firearm a weapon must fire a projectile at 200m/s or faster. 33m/s (and this is really really fast compared to other coilgun experiments I've found...most of those are under 6m/s) is nowhere close to this...however I'd like to see anyone dodge a projectile moving at that speed.
Interesting.
We must remember that throughout time those who make the most memorable contributions to science are usually laughed at right up until the moment they are vindicated (usually post-mortum). Genius walks this side of insanity after all. Now, I'm not saying that we can control time by altering the speed of light, nor am I an advocate of the timecube. However things we take for granted today were once ridiculed and derided by "wiser" and more "knowledgable" men. Who knows what the next great scientific breakthrough will be.