WESS IS THE KING
19-05-2004, 00:46
The elecrto-magnetic railgun is now a real probability. The new DD(X) destroyer is all electric and can divert engine power to the gun. The gun itself is about 20' long and the projectile will be 3' long and 40 pounds. For those of you who don't know what a railgun is, it has 2 rails and an armature that bridges them. An electric currnet is sent up one rail, crosses the armature, and heads down the second rail. This loop makes a magnetic field, which pushes the armature and nonexplosive projectile aboard it up the rails. The gun has a range of over 200 miles, uses only kinetic energy to destroy a target. It hits speeds of 8,200 feet per second, hitting a target at about 5,00 feet per second.
The super cavitating torpedo can now turn. The concept of making an air bubble around a torpedo has been around a while. (the bubble reduces friction.) The Russians had them during the Cold War, but the U.S. is reinventing them with the ability to turn. They travel at 230 mph, compared to conventional ones that do 40 mph.
The Advanced Tactical Laser is now a reality. The two main obstacles that has confined it to science fiction for the past half century, power and chemical exhaust, have been overcome, nearly. The first ones will be chemical oxygen-iodine lasers, but they may change once better ways are developed. The weapon should be mounted on a C-130 gunship, and it will have a 4" diameter beam with a 20 mile range. It has millisecond timing and exact aim, which cannons and missiles can't achieve. Plus each shot will be cheaper than each missile.
Rods from God, as they have been coined, are kinetic missiles from space. There are two satellites per weapon, a communications and targeting one and the actual rods. They are heat coated, up to 20' long 1' diameter rods of tungsten the use kinetic energy, just like the railgun, to destroy targets.
Metal Storm is a company that has developed a new, non-mechanical way of firing weapons. This means they can fire more and fire without jamming. They have taken out virtually every moving part of the weapon and stack bullets, with new technology, in the barrel. Coded electrical signals in each bullet ignite propellant imbedded in each bullet. The pressure created by each small explosion pushes the bullet forward and enlarges the one behind it, sealing of the barrel and preventing the other charges from igniting, until commanded to do so. Each barrel by itself can fire 60,000 rounds a minute, or if clustered each barrel can hit the million rounds per minute mark. The bullets can range from 9mm to 60mm.
I hope this may help your future RPing.
The super cavitating torpedo can now turn. The concept of making an air bubble around a torpedo has been around a while. (the bubble reduces friction.) The Russians had them during the Cold War, but the U.S. is reinventing them with the ability to turn. They travel at 230 mph, compared to conventional ones that do 40 mph.
The Advanced Tactical Laser is now a reality. The two main obstacles that has confined it to science fiction for the past half century, power and chemical exhaust, have been overcome, nearly. The first ones will be chemical oxygen-iodine lasers, but they may change once better ways are developed. The weapon should be mounted on a C-130 gunship, and it will have a 4" diameter beam with a 20 mile range. It has millisecond timing and exact aim, which cannons and missiles can't achieve. Plus each shot will be cheaper than each missile.
Rods from God, as they have been coined, are kinetic missiles from space. There are two satellites per weapon, a communications and targeting one and the actual rods. They are heat coated, up to 20' long 1' diameter rods of tungsten the use kinetic energy, just like the railgun, to destroy targets.
Metal Storm is a company that has developed a new, non-mechanical way of firing weapons. This means they can fire more and fire without jamming. They have taken out virtually every moving part of the weapon and stack bullets, with new technology, in the barrel. Coded electrical signals in each bullet ignite propellant imbedded in each bullet. The pressure created by each small explosion pushes the bullet forward and enlarges the one behind it, sealing of the barrel and preventing the other charges from igniting, until commanded to do so. Each barrel by itself can fire 60,000 rounds a minute, or if clustered each barrel can hit the million rounds per minute mark. The bullets can range from 9mm to 60mm.
I hope this may help your future RPing.