General / Off-Topic The Sounds of An Actual Rail Gun

[Deaf Space]

This is why America is so far ahead of the rest of the world,[video=youtube;QO_zXuOQy6A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO_zXuOQy6A[/video]

 

[Patrick_68000]

Impressive installation

 

[lysan]

Well that is actually old footage, imagine where the tech is now.

 

[Robin of Spiritwood]

This is why America is so far ahead of the rest of the world,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO_zXuOQy6A

Odd, railgun videos have been appearing in my newsfeed as recommended articles too.

The tech seems impressive, to be sure. Mach 7 projectiles, staggering penetration, small munitions size because no propellant, and of course greater safety an no cook-off.

 

[Necronaught]

Flat Earther's are going nuts over this. They claim the range is 120 miles in a straight line. 8 inches squared per mile of curvature would mean the projectile would fly 2.6 KM above the target. by firing at sea level.

 

[metatheurgist]

Flat Earther's are going nuts over this. They claim the range is 120 miles in a straight line. 8 inches squared per mile of curvature would mean the projectile would fly 2.6 KM above the target. by firing at sea level.

Well, can't expect them to have heard about gravity or ballistics if they haven't heard about the globe thing now can we?

 

[Chris Simon]

Flat Earther's are going nuts over this. They claim the range is 120 miles in a straight line. 8 inches squared per mile of curvature would mean the projectile would fly 2.6 KM above the target. by firing at sea level.

Well, no flat-earther ever saw the ocean, I guess. Otherwise they would have noticed that ships tend to kind of disappear beyond the horizon.
But what do we know, maybe they have a theory that every ship that goes more than ten kilometers from the shore sinks... or something...