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Yeah... that's a lot of momentum to deal with, in a rail gun. Deflecting it would be hard, and disrupting it would tend to turn the slug into a co-moving cloud
by M_Grey 10y ago
Yeah... that's a lot of momentum to deal with, in a rail gun. Deflecting it would be hard, and disrupting it would tend to turn the slug into a co-moving cloud of superheated particles/plasma. I'm not sure that's hugely desirable either!
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoWell, that superheated cloud would probably disperse some, making it more susceptible to air resistance than the slug is. On the other hand, if you only liquefy it, and so you get hit with the same mass of liquid metal...
- M_Grey 10y agoOh god. It might be a better outcome for the actual vessel, but... You know, I think you'd just see a radical re-design in that case, you'd have to; like the Zumwalt, only more armored.