2 years after US killed the rail gun, Chinese scientists bring it back to life
2 years after US killed the rail gun, Chinese scientists bring it back to life
Military engineers have made a breakthrough in electromagnetic rail gun technology, surpassing the US.
The PLA and Chinese MIC is nortoriouslt secretive, so a publication like this implies that the project is quite far along and that most of the big hurdles have been cleared. Remember that the Chinese MIC is almost all state owned so it doesn't have to publish puff pieces of appease shareholders.
That's a good point, they don't really need to brag about it.
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I'm guessing this is a lot harder to stop than a drone though. If you're getting a slug of solid metal coming at you at hypersonic speeds, presumably destroying or deflecting it is a non trivial problem. And I'm guessing this kind of weapons would be mounted on ships with nuclear reactors?
I've heard that it tears itself apart every time it fires
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DPRK necromancers.
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oh here https://archive.ph/2Dcw1
weapons news is so funny. here's the new guy that might kill you
does it still destroy itself every shot or is that the thing they fixed
This is exactly the point of that article, they did fixed that, shot 120 times in a row and it didn't break. it's still impractical because complicated as hell, big and putting it on a ship would require nuclear reactor for power, but that one problem is apparently solved.
eh, nuclear reactors can fit in a fridge now, and apparently the tech is so widespread that theyre easy to make, so I can see china putting them on everything they have, a big fuck you to america haha