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For the curious: this is what railguns do. There are no explosives, just a projectile going very, very fast.
by blhack 14y ago
For the curious: this is what railguns do. There are no explosives, just a projectile going very, very fast.
- starpilot 14y agoThis is what all guns do.
- mpyne 14y agoMortars might, but not artillery, including Naval artillery. The gun fires a shell, not a bullet, which can be designed to cause different types of damage upon whatever it hits e.g. High Explosives to blow stuff up, Armor Piercing to penetrate through armor plating before detonating its minimal explosive load, etc. The U.S. Navy had mostly moved away from Naval artillery due to the rise of guided missiles with their much longer range, but they are investigating railgun systems which may give advantages compared to missiles.