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The Navy is giving you another look at its massive railgun that can accelerate projectiles from zero to Mach 6 in ten milliseconds!
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We may be bankrupt but we sure do make some neat toys!
What? It is literally impossible for the government to go bankrupt. The word doesn't even make sense in that context.
We may be bankrupt but we sure do make some neat toys!
I was pretty excited seeing updated info on this .... Mech Warrior & Gamma World here we come... They totally had me over the top with the jelly doughnuts , Yummmm jelly doughnuts .In before someone bitches about the way government spends money and trying to start stupid political flamewars. Oh wait...
Why can't anyone be excited for new tech, just because its new tech? Sure its a railgun, but the ability to accelerate projectiles like this have numerous applications such as transportation and space technologies. Its better to let the military with it enormous and previously allocated budget lay the groundwork for other companies to build upon.
Why can't anyone be excited for new tech, just because its new tech? Sure its a railgun, but the ability to accelerate projectiles like this have numerous applications such as transportation and space technologies. Its better to let the military with it enormous and previously allocated budget lay the groundwork for other companies to build upon.
What? It is literally impossible for the government to go bankrupt. The word doesn't even make sense in that context.
Most people don't correlate that tons of stuff we use were first developed by the military.
In before someone bitches about the way government spends money and trying to start stupid political flamewars. Oh wait...
Why can't anyone be excited for new tech, just because its new tech? Sure its a railgun, but the ability to accelerate projectiles like this have numerous applications such as transportation and space technologies. Its better to let the military with it enormous and previously allocated budget lay the groundwork for other companies to build upon.
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to add from my post.
also, there is no need for have full ammo cartridges. all you need is projectiles, no powder, no brass cases, no primers. saves weight and room. you could store more projectiles then before.
the equipment to move around ammo cartridges may no longer be needed. more room to save. they could just need a tube like feed device or hand feed it.
As long as they keep getting the federal grant money to keep working out the bugs!Still it is only a prototype because there isn't any material able to withstand the strain of more than a couple shots prior to failure... imagine if you would go to war with a carbine that was only able to shoot up to 6 cartridges prior to jamming permanently.
When virtually no one but your central bank (The Fed) buys your debt... guess what... your country is a dead man walking... go see how Greece and Venezuela is doing for an idea where this is going.
yes and no. Since our country don't produce a lot of stuff anymore combined with the dollar reserve currency status, that printed money gets exported to foreign countries for real goods and services and cause inflation overseas. In other words we have been stealing from the rest of world for a while now by exchanging cheap green paper with actual stuff. It has sustained our comparatively extravagant lifestyle and will continue to do so for as long as we have a superior military that forces the world to continue using the dollar reserve. Venezuela and Greece don't have reserve currency nor strong military so prolific state spending will bankrupt them pretty fast.
This railgun will help ensure that no one can threaten our dollar hegemony. The problem is we have overused the stick.
sounds like the thinking back in the BB days put a bigger gun on your ship and win. however something like this has to be cheaper then shooting missiles at every thing?
What? It is literally impossible for the government to go bankrupt. The word doesn't even make sense in that context.
What? It is literally impossible for the government to go bankrupt. The word doesn't even make sense in that context.
I guess if you believe that the government controls the definitions, it will never call itself bankrupt.
So it may never by legal definition go bankrupt, but the debt payments are only a decade to two away from driving the debt itself which is a positive feedback loop, at which point people will stop lending to us. Then these's no free money for anyone.
I don't get the pretending there are no consequences officer Brady schtick.
Please tell me this is sarcasm...
yes and no. Since our country don't produce a lot of stuff anymore combined with the dollar reserve currency status, that printed money gets exported to foreign countries for real goods and services and cause inflation overseas. In other words we have been stealing from the rest of world for a while now by exchanging cheap green paper with actual stuff. It has sustained our comparatively extravagant lifestyle and will continue to do so for as long as we have a superior military that forces the world to continue using the dollar reserve. Venezuela and Greece don't have reserve currency nor strong military so prolific state spending will bankrupt them pretty fast.
This railgun will help ensure that no one can threaten our dollar hegemony. The problem is we have overused the stick.
Bingo. The goal is pinpoint accuracy and extremely accurate response. The scenario is this: you get intel that Terrorist X is in a building at address Y. A destroyer or other installation 200 miles away fires a few of these projectiles, which arrive 30 seconds later, demolishing the building and leaving the rest of the neighborhood intact.That's the intended use. The missiles we prefer to use costs ... lots but this is to solve that problem, all the while being much more mobile/deployable.
The only major hurdle left, AFAIK, is the issue with the rails wearing out rapidly.