“What do you think about the Powerful $500 Million Railgun FROM the US?” … What country are you posting your content from? 1. The title of this video is sensationalized, you must be taking your cues from main stream media news. 2. The American Navy Railgun program was back in the early 2000s, and then they delivered a prototype in 2008, but the program was canceled. These AI internet crawlers baked into most internet browsers now make quick work of finding out if youtube video titles are pure BS, “just” misleading, or in your case, “just” sensationalized, lol. Along with news media, these platforms like facebook and youtube have not only normalized lying, but they incentivize deceptions, leading kids to believe that it's all good. “Hey, it's not just me, I'm not the only one sensationalizing headlines, or straight up lying to lure people in, so does everybody else on social media and the news!” or “Nobody can see me so I can post what ever I want.” Integrity and self-respect are doomed. No wonder the world is such a mess.
I think it was a very expensive waste of time. On paper it’s very intriguing, but we actually found out rather quickly that it wasn’t going to be a reliable platform worthy of the millions of dollars necessary to TRY and potentially bring it to operational success.
@@Phdintheory The American Navy Railgun program was back in the early 2000s, and then they delivered a prototype in 2008, but the program was canceled. this video is sensationalized clickbate.
Thanks to its focused energy beam, the Raigun minimizes the risk of collateral damage, ensuring that operations remain precise and controlled, even in complex environments❤
YOUR MATH IS ALL WRONG A M1 Abrams Tank Fires a Kinetic Round at 1 Mile a second 1600 meters a second and has a max range of 5 plus Miles Im a Vet I Dont Give a shit What math your using at 2500 meters a second in Line of Sight your not Gonna Target shit At Hundreds of Miles with a Kinetic round
The nuclear arms race is a terrifying prospect. The sheer destructive power of these weapons makes the idea of any conflict involving them utterly unthinkable💥
The rail gun would literally tear itself apart after only a few shots. The noise, the energy required to operate it, and other more feasible systems, made the rail gun an unrealistic option.
@@Phdintheory which is crazy because the barrel was made from a tungsten copper alloy. But they could only get around 12 shots out of it before the barrel was no longer safe to use.
YOUR MATH IS ALL WRONG A M1 Abrams Tank Fires a Kinetic Round at 1 Mile a second 1600 meters a second and has a max range of 5 plus Miles Im a Vet I Dont Give a shit What math your using at 2500 meters a second in Line of Sight your not Gonna Target shit At Hundreds of Miles with a Kinetic round
Not necessarily. They could use all kinds of wear resistant alloys or even ceramics that will not wear much at all, if any! I mean, if Rolls royce can make an engine that has ceramic sleves in teh cylinders that can run without any lubricants, then they can sure as hell make a sleeve for a gun that can take a few shots. Plus, even if you consider a normal engine, these can take several thousand rotations a second and last for hundreds of thousands of miles... You would obviously assume that they are not using Chinese metals when they made this.
I'm not just heard of it, and i also tested its power even in handy rifles fired by heavy infantries destroyed armored targets on the ground without difficulty.
EMP'S strategically positioned, (like a shape charge, aimed away from the ship) set at a frequency that would mask the LASER SIGNAL. Make sense? And I mean these shape charged EMP'S could be on numerous drones circulating in random patterns far out from the LASER.
With its capability to unleash continuous bursts of energy, the Raigun significantly outperforms conventional ballistic weapons, offering superior accuracy and destructive power💫
It certainly looks awesome very powerful. They’ve shown the public this magnetic rail gun. It makes me wonder what the government possess which they haven’t shown us 👍👍
Laser weapons which are not allowed to be used against personnel offer the most promise. Laser weapons don't need expensive munition stockpiles. Historically, militaries are always upgrading weapons which sometimes requires huge sums spent on new munition stockpiles while large quantities of expensive outdated ordinance need to be discarded.
Its almost free in comparison... There is only the projected bit and there is no ammunition as such, its just a bit of metal. he did say this actually. and therefore the costs will be massively lower than conventional weapons.
Japan and America have teamed up and have "allegedly" created a railgun capable of lasting up to 200 rounds before needing to replace the rails. The rails lifespan is the ONLY part of the railgun that nobody could manage to make strong enough, to last long enough, to be able to sell to the higher ups in the gov for the go-ahead to start mass producing. Apparently, Japan, with the help of the U.S. were able to achieve just that, and to show the world, they mounted it onto a warship.
The Raigun delivers unmatched firepower, providing the U.S. Navy with a cutting-edge weapon capable of striking at long range with incredible precision and speed🌀
Yeah, but the problem is the platform they use isn't reliable and that's why I think they halted. When they fire it it causes a lot of friction and so powerful that it would crack or damage the cannon. I'm sure their trying new ways and composite materials to make it more reliable.
Only room for growth with different of frequencies and thrust to adjust its sufficient for accuracy... ai guidance system with the thrust to propelling many other missiles the size of these ones that are displayed would have a great addition to such power ..
Given that the US discontinued the Rail Gun project primarily due to it's outrageous cost in 2021, what's the point in this video? I was disappointed when they did this, given what they spend on conventional missiles costing millions per unit.
Sorry, I’m not trying to be a fuddy duddy, but at 1:33 he says the projectile can reach “Mach 2” ……. Won’t Make it HYPERSONIC. I promise you have to go faster than Mach 2 to be called hypersonic. I think it’s anything traveling faster than Mach 5+
Too little, too late. Enemies need to know that USA/NATO remainS in front of all enemies. Russia and China know that at this his time, they have an advantage and may be tempted to take advantage of that gap. We need to catch-up and take the lead, to prevent nuclear war. Get the job done or let somebody do it.
the problem is the warhead destroys the rails as it passes. it's a materials science issue that the Japanese have addressed differently., but still in research.
Actually it cost over 600 million dollars, japan joined in a partnership with U.S. to develop the rail gun but U.S. gave up on it to fund other projects like the hypersonic missiles while Japan continued research in the rail gun and made minor improvements but still not even close to perfecting it
I think it's absurd that there are extremely successful missile systems like ATCMS that are not used on navel ships. Arguing these missile are only good for G-to-G. If you can launch the missile, accurately target your enemies, us the damn thing. Mount the ATCM launcher on the ship.
Having worked on railgun research for over five years, I formed the view that the inherent problems, particularly barrel erosion and energy supply , makes other weapon systems a better choice.
Rail guns are very hard to maintain because after a few firings, the rails degrade, requiring replacement. They're not limitless because they're limited by the available joules of energy stored and released, which directly limits projectile velocity. Furhter, if there's a partial energy problem in the generation and storage subsystem, the railgun is much less useful or useless.
It was cancelled because the manufacturer originally sold the program by claiming the projectiles would be dirt cheap. They then tried to deliver a system where the projectiles cost over a hundred thousand dollars each. Artillery is just as accurate, is much cheaper to shoot, and doesn't require enough electricity to power a small city to fire.
The thing is, can you make it small enough to put on a turret to be able to aim it? And if you can, how long before a portable device can be made? Imagine how many rounds a soldier could carry if they had no cartridges. Or how fast such a gun could cycle. At such speeds, the impact is much greater, meaning the rounds can be smaller.
America should develop Thors hammer and smaller variants to replace nukes. With our current ability to launch into space, launching Thor is no longer too expensive. Reusable SpaceX rockets reduces the cost of deployment. The launch platform could be developed and deployed relatively quickly.
The railguns biggest limitation is not one of capability short comings however, more so that the gun is so powerful and so fast they have found it difficult to construct a barrel that can withstand a reliable rate of fire per barrel. The barrels wear out incredibly fast bc friction, n other sources of power displayed by the rail gun.
1 This is the first time I have through about what the Navy does except working with the Air Force ❤ my husband was in the ??? lol can you figure it out. I did not know they carried so many different weapons on them. God Bless The United States of America ...
IF we have it, you can count on the Chinese and Russians having it also. We will overcome the shortcomings of the weapon, we will develop better materials and better projectiles.
I'd suggest a combination of all 3 plus conventional guns too. Each has plus and minus so having all would be the best case. A missile can be steered where the rail gun cant. A conventional gun can be fired as long as you have ammo a rail gun cant. Dont know much about the capabilites of lasers so i cant really say.
The rail gun is vastly superior speed from launch to target largely removes a human in the realtime response time interval that may require a automated aided response and defensive process and an enhanced decision making process .
All older nuclear weapons will need to be replaced because their internal batteries are dying. Most nuclear weapons internals are under high-pressure to prevent tampering and they have battery power sources which are based on radioactive decay of lesser radioactive materials (like on some long-range spacecraft) but these radioactive batteries have limited lives that are also shortened by being under high pressure.
It just wasn’t practical. Sure, you can fire one with tremendous speed but at sea & in combat, no ship is just going to go dead in the water so you can hit them with it. Ships maneuver in combat, and at speed.
How do you aim the thing? What happens if your target is on the other side of the ship, do u do a a Uie. Will your target wait for you to turn around or will you have another rail-gun on the other side of your tin can? And why does the Navy seem to have all the cool toys lately?
To answer its question, only time will tell, but in my OPINION, I was on the right track. What if the powers to be combined the Technology of 2 or possible 3 Technology into one!
I scrapped mine, I had to sell the copper in it to pay my electric bill. Besides my next door neighbor was really p1ssed when I took out his lawn tractor when he woke me up mowing at 7 a.m. But he was a lot nicer about it than that garbage truck driver. I put the lithium cells back in my wife's Tesla, she was also pretty torqued about the whole project. Worse than a congressman that didn't get his cut.
Rail guns do a fine job at penetrating steel plates at close ranges where there velocity is still high but how much penetrating power do they have at 10,25 or 30 miles when they have slowed down from air resistance?
So with a range of 300mi and a projectile not impacted by gravity (as stated), how do they compensate for the curvature of the Earth at that distance? Just curious
I can see where it would be Safer because the ship would not have to carry anything with explosives onboard the ship that would be Dangerous if ours were to be hit by other weapons from another ship
This weapon system is not practical or applicable to any navy ship. Maybe the Ford but that using all the ships power to fire 1 round. Plus every time it’s fired the barrel is practically ruined and needs replacing. It’s a fantasy. Especially when SS lasers are the future and a much smaller AB destroyer can use laws. They’ve been working on these railguna since before the 1st transformers movie. Sure they are cool and flashy and penetrating power is insane. Literally been over 2 decades since the original test of concept. Which reveals multiple problems. Mostly power consumption is insane. Size of the weapon and barrel lifespan which I believe today may a few shots at most before the barrel is literally fried and unusable. Unless you got Misaka Makoto no way this so called “system” can be used on any navy ship. Also also 500 million is just barely keeping the idea alive. For reference the Gerald R Ford cost 11 billion just to manufacture. Not staff not filled with air wings and weapons. Not the design cost or research either. This is flashy clickbait, do better.
You are not making sense navy. Where is the collapsible ramp to simplify and speed up missile reload. Out it on a roller with a cable and machine load it. Don't need the ramp. Fold it up and put it away. The only concern with a dangerous charge should be easily placing it on the feeder and letting the ramp do the work and safety features keep the missile safe during load. Down the center. Get better navy.
Sorry, I’m not trying to be a fuddy duddy, but at 1:33 he says the projectile can reach “Mach 2” ……. Making it HYPERSONIC. I promise you have to go faster than Mach 2 to be called hypersonic. I think it’s anything traveling faster than Mach 5+ever heard of over penetration? All they are doing is looking a small hole in something
I can't even begin to point out the flaws and the failures in the video versus the narration. They said 8000 m/s one twice the speed of sound? And then he said 2500 m/s was twice the speed of sound. This couldnt hve even be narrated with artificial intelligence because the numbers are so far-fetched and off the mathematical failure spectrum. I can't stand to watch it.
*What do you think about the Powerful $500 Million Railgun from the US?*
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“What do you think about the Powerful $500 Million Railgun FROM the US?” … What country are you posting your content from? 1. The title of this video is sensationalized, you must be taking your cues from main stream media news. 2. The American Navy Railgun program was back in the early 2000s, and then they delivered a prototype in 2008, but the program was canceled.
These AI internet crawlers baked into most internet browsers now make quick work of finding out if youtube video titles are pure BS, “just” misleading, or in your case, “just” sensationalized, lol. Along with news media, these platforms like facebook and youtube have not only normalized lying, but they incentivize deceptions, leading kids to believe that it's all good.
“Hey, it's not just me, I'm not the only one sensationalizing headlines, or straight up lying to lure people in, so does everybody else on social media and the news!” or “Nobody can see me so I can post what ever I want.” Integrity and self-respect are doomed. No wonder the world is such a mess.
I think it was a very expensive waste of time. On paper it’s very intriguing, but we actually found out rather quickly that it wasn’t going to be a reliable platform worthy of the millions of dollars necessary to TRY and potentially bring it to operational success.
Very cool, yet a big waste
@@Phdintheory The American Navy Railgun program was back in the early 2000s, and then they delivered a prototype in 2008, but the program was canceled. this video is sensationalized clickbate.
Every home should have one.
Thanks to its focused energy beam, the Raigun minimizes the risk of collateral damage, ensuring that operations remain precise and controlled, even in complex environments❤
YOUR MATH IS ALL WRONG A M1 Abrams Tank Fires a Kinetic Round at 1 Mile a second 1600 meters a second and has a max range of 5 plus Miles Im a Vet I Dont Give a shit What math your using at 2500 meters a second in Line of Sight your not Gonna Target shit At Hundreds of Miles with a Kinetic round
@@kampotkp8288 lol. Rail guns don't fire focus energy beams. So I hope you were joking,
The Tomahawk missile is impressive, but the reloading process at sea sounds terrifyingly dangerous. Modernization is definitely needed there💖
Yeah! US NAVY is 01!
Laser weapon of high wattage, with locating and tracking capacity and firing autonomously.
The nuclear arms race is a terrifying prospect. The sheer destructive power of these weapons makes the idea of any conflict involving them utterly unthinkable💥
Love u!
The railgun’s abandonment is a shame. Such a powerful weapon with seemingly limitless potential, yet it’s shelved😭
the barrel was shredded after just 12 shots, that was the problem.
Not abandoned who told you that
The rail gun would literally tear itself apart after only a few shots. The noise, the energy required to operate it, and other more feasible systems, made the rail gun an unrealistic option.
@@Phdintheory which is crazy because the barrel was made from a tungsten copper alloy. But they could only get around 12 shots out of it before the barrel was no longer safe to use.
@Phdintheory lol, you know not what you speak of. Don't quit your day job
We definitely need it, a weapon with a speed of nearly 2 miles, we definitely need it
This video gives new definition to the meaning
ENGINEERS
YOUR MATH IS ALL WRONG A M1 Abrams Tank Fires a Kinetic Round at 1 Mile a second 1600 meters a second and has a max range of 5 plus Miles Im a Vet I Dont Give a shit What math your using at 2500 meters a second in Line of Sight your not Gonna Target shit At Hundreds of Miles with a Kinetic round
What? $500 Million? OMG
Yep! 100%
The immense friction of a rail gun will wear out barrels very quickly.
Not necessarily.
They could use all kinds of wear resistant alloys or even ceramics that will not wear much at all, if any!
I mean, if Rolls royce can make an engine that has ceramic sleves in teh cylinders that can run without any lubricants, then they can sure as hell make a sleeve for a gun that can take a few shots.
Plus, even if you consider a normal engine, these can take several thousand rotations a second and last for hundreds of thousands of miles...
You would obviously assume that they are not using Chinese metals when they made this.
The navy gave up on railguns since they had to be rebuilt after a few shots.
I'm not just heard of it, and i also tested its power even in handy rifles fired by heavy infantries destroyed armored targets on the ground without difficulty.
Oh! Thanks so much!
Which weapon? He covers more than one.
EMP'S strategically positioned, (like a shape charge, aimed away from the ship) set at a frequency that would mask the LASER SIGNAL. Make sense? And I mean these shape charged EMP'S could be on numerous drones circulating in random patterns far out from the LASER.
"This cost saving weapon" Really.... it cost half a billion dollars
With its capability to unleash continuous bursts of energy, the Raigun significantly outperforms conventional ballistic weapons, offering superior accuracy and destructive power💫
US NAVY IS POWER!
Next you need to build a ship around the gun so you can go with it through the seas
It certainly looks awesome very powerful. They’ve shown the public this magnetic rail gun. It makes me wonder what the government
possess which they haven’t shown us 👍👍
Im pretty sure, that whatever they got today, there isnt any you tube videos about it.
Well, in the end: NO testing from a boat. All talk, no action.
Thanks! Best video in today
Glad you enjoyed it
I hope the military able to find a safer way to reload the tomahawk during combat but I’m sure the phen CI would come in handy 🇺🇸
Very very pround❤❤ US Navy is strong🎉
we very pround!
Great invention. But don't place all your stock in it. Batteries are the breakdown. Build them. But don't delete all the old equipment.
Laser weapons which are not allowed to be used against personnel offer the most promise. Laser weapons don't need expensive munition stockpiles. Historically, militaries are always upgrading weapons which sometimes requires huge sums spent on new munition stockpiles while large quantities of expensive outdated ordinance need to be discarded.
You failed to mention how much the rail guns munition cost vs the cost of a Missile.
you mean almost not much?
Its almost free in comparison... There is only the projected bit and there is no ammunition as such, its just a bit of metal. he did say this actually. and therefore the costs will be massively lower than conventional weapons.
Japan and America have teamed up and have "allegedly" created a railgun capable of lasting up to 200 rounds before needing to replace the rails. The rails lifespan is the ONLY part of the railgun that nobody could manage to make strong enough, to last long enough, to be able to sell to the higher ups in the gov for the go-ahead to start mass producing. Apparently, Japan, with the help of the U.S. were able to achieve just that, and to show the world, they mounted it onto a warship.
The Raigun delivers unmatched firepower, providing the U.S. Navy with a cutting-edge weapon capable of striking at long range with incredible precision and speed🌀
Yeah, but the problem is the platform they use isn't reliable and that's why I think they halted. When they fire it it causes a lot of friction and so powerful that it would crack or damage the cannon. I'm sure their trying new ways and composite materials to make it more reliable.
What? It is just a big fast bullet flying at Mach 2 (Mach 5+ is hypersonic by the way) with no explosives. Use a battle ship!.
That price is basically Jack squat to the US military.
1….,,,,US gave up on the rail gun because the gun wears out its firing system, but the Japanese have solved the problem and perfected it.
Lies
High 5s all around, OUR RAILGUN IS A DEADLY
SNIPER
Only room for growth with different of frequencies and thrust to adjust its sufficient for accuracy... ai guidance system with the thrust to propelling many other missiles the size of these ones that are displayed would have a great addition to such power ..
Given that the US discontinued the Rail Gun project primarily due to it's outrageous cost in 2021, what's the point in this video? I was disappointed when they did this, given what they spend on conventional missiles costing millions per unit.
Sorry, I’m not trying to be a fuddy duddy, but at 1:33 he says the projectile can reach “Mach 2” ……. Won’t Make it HYPERSONIC.
I promise you have to go faster than Mach 2 to be called hypersonic.
I think it’s anything traveling faster than Mach 5+
I agree 5+ and with no war head It's just a big fast bullet.
The people who make missiles will not allow it to be made!!!!
Too little, too late. Enemies need to know that USA/NATO remainS in front of all enemies. Russia and China know that at this his time, they have an advantage and may be tempted to take advantage of that gap. We need to catch-up and take the lead, to prevent nuclear war. Get the job done or let somebody do it.
For now you need to put them strategically around the United States off the coast
the problem is the warhead destroys the rails as it passes. it's a materials science issue that the Japanese have addressed differently., but still in research.
Even still it's just a big bullet at Mach 2 with no warhead? Why not use a battle ship?
Everything will be done using laser in a few years they already have powerful ones in use today.
Thanks for infomation!
@navypowertv NP ✌🏽
Actually it cost over 600 million dollars, japan joined in a partnership with U.S. to develop the rail gun but U.S. gave up on it to fund other projects like the hypersonic missiles while Japan continued research in the rail gun and made minor improvements but still not even close to perfecting it
I think it's absurd that there are extremely successful missile systems like ATCMS that are not used on navel ships. Arguing these missile are only good for G-to-G. If you can launch the missile, accurately target your enemies, us the damn thing. Mount the ATCM launcher on the ship.
missile tech is whats up. why pay so much for a carrier when you can develop missiles that need no planes and can launched off fishing boats?
Having worked on railgun research for over five years, I formed the view that the inherent problems, particularly barrel erosion and energy supply , makes other weapon systems a better choice.
The Phylis has been a great defense of missles for over 30 years.. The defense system is not breakable..
Rail guns are very hard to maintain because after a few firings, the rails degrade, requiring replacement. They're not limitless because they're limited by the available joules of energy stored and released, which directly limits projectile velocity. Furhter, if there's a partial energy problem in the generation and storage subsystem, the railgun is much less useful or useless.
It was cancelled because the manufacturer originally sold the program by claiming the projectiles would be dirt cheap. They then tried to deliver a system where the projectiles cost over a hundred thousand dollars each. Artillery is just as accurate, is much cheaper to shoot, and doesn't require enough electricity to power a small city to fire.
The thing is, can you make it small enough to put on a turret to be able to aim it? And if you can, how long before a portable device can be made? Imagine how many rounds a soldier could carry if they had no cartridges. Or how fast such a gun could cycle. At such speeds, the impact is much greater, meaning the rounds can be smaller.
math check:
twice the speed of sound is hundreds, not thousands of meters per second
(680 m/s)
what is the lightest modal that could be used and be effective
America should develop Thors hammer and smaller variants to replace nukes. With our current ability to launch into space, launching Thor is no longer too expensive. Reusable SpaceX rockets reduces the cost of deployment. The launch platform could be developed and deployed relatively quickly.
I only wish I could be younger again and serve out GREAT nation again with these tools and win factor
The railguns biggest limitation is not one of capability short comings however, more so that the gun is so powerful and so fast they have found it difficult to construct a barrel that can withstand a reliable rate of fire per barrel. The barrels wear out incredibly fast bc friction, n other sources of power displayed by the rail gun.
1 This is the first time I have through about what the Navy does except working with the Air Force ❤ my husband was in the ??? lol can you figure it out. I did not know they carried so many different weapons on them. God Bless The United States of America ...
IF we have it, you can count on the Chinese and Russians having it also. We will overcome the shortcomings of the weapon, we will develop better materials and better projectiles.
Yep
I think the rail gun should be perfected. Eliminates the need for magazines of high explosives.
I once thought it to be quite useful and I still do but I think now at this point everyone will develop more advanced weapons
I'd suggest a combination of all 3 plus conventional guns too. Each has plus and minus so having all would be the best case. A missile can be steered where the rail gun cant. A conventional gun can be fired as long as you have ammo a rail gun cant. Dont know much about the capabilites of lasers so i cant really say.
Mix Drones with Rail guns... Should strike fear in any opposition
The rail gun is vastly superior speed from launch to target largely removes a human in the realtime response time interval that may require a automated aided response and defensive process and an enhanced decision making process
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(1) Yes, the rail gun is an excellent weapon, needing only velocity to do the job of explosives.
What happened to laser weapons?
Twice the speed of sound is not hypersonic. 2:40
500 million is hardly a couple of rubbed pennies for uncle sam
Navy Power
Lasers will dominate
All older nuclear weapons will need to be replaced because their internal batteries are dying. Most nuclear weapons internals are under high-pressure to prevent tampering and they have battery power sources which are based on radioactive decay of lesser radioactive materials (like on some long-range spacecraft) but these radioactive batteries have limited lives that are also shortened by being under high pressure.
1 for sure
It just wasn’t practical. Sure, you can fire one with tremendous speed but at sea & in combat, no ship is just going to go dead in the water so you can hit them with it. Ships maneuver in combat, and at speed.
Which one is more powerful, The Phantom vs ODIN?
The rail gun is sweet but its range isn’t far enough. Cruise Missiles reach out much further and are more destructive from 500 miles.
Explosive power of 50%!?
Meters per second.
Means absolutely nothing.
Talking to non mathematicians.
How do you aim the thing? What happens if your target is on the other side of the ship, do u do a a Uie. Will your target wait for you to turn around or will you have another rail-gun on the other side of your tin can? And why does the Navy seem to have all the cool toys lately?
Add a laser range finder and laser pointer to guide the ammunition to the target.
The rail gun sends projectiles at mach 7 not mach 2
That's what i remember from a previous video. Mach 7
To answer its question, only time will tell, but in my OPINION, I was on the right track.
What if the powers to be combined the Technology of 2 or possible 3 Technology into one!
I scrapped mine, I had to sell the copper in it to pay my electric bill. Besides my next door neighbor was really p1ssed when I took out his lawn tractor when he woke me up mowing at 7 a.m. But he was a lot nicer about it than that garbage truck driver. I put the lithium cells back in my wife's Tesla, she was also pretty torqued about the whole project. Worse than a congressman that didn't get his cut.
Could the rail gun be used against a hypersonic missile?
I didnt know Tomahawk can carry Nuclear. Wow.
there is still time to advance in current and past weapons but lasers will be the only weapon know today to last 900 years of advancement
Rail guns do a fine job at penetrating steel plates at close ranges where there velocity is still high but how much penetrating power do they have at 10,25 or 30 miles when they have slowed down from air resistance?
Ya really think we don't have any yet ? After 40+ yrs of development ?
Near necessary!
Yes indeed!
Photon torpedo from the u.s.s. Enterprise also no klingons allowed. Live long and prosper.
So with a range of 300mi and a projectile not impacted by gravity (as stated), how do they compensate for the curvature of the Earth at that distance? Just curious
so.... how many per turret?
I can see where it would be Safer because the ship would not have to carry anything with explosives onboard the ship that would be Dangerous if ours were to be hit by other weapons from another ship
This weapon system is not practical or applicable to any navy ship. Maybe the Ford but that using all the ships power to fire 1 round. Plus every time it’s fired the barrel is practically ruined and needs replacing. It’s a fantasy. Especially when SS lasers are the future and a much smaller AB destroyer can use laws. They’ve been working on these railguna since before the 1st transformers movie. Sure they are cool and flashy and penetrating power is insane. Literally been over 2 decades since the original test of concept. Which reveals multiple problems. Mostly power consumption is insane. Size of the weapon and barrel lifespan which I believe today may a few shots at most before the barrel is literally fried and unusable. Unless you got Misaka Makoto no way this so called “system” can be used on any navy ship. Also also 500 million is just barely keeping the idea alive. For reference the Gerald R Ford cost 11 billion just to manufacture. Not staff not filled with air wings and weapons. Not the design cost or research either. This is flashy clickbait, do better.
I don't oppose nuclear Bumps, but it's necessary. I guess.
Why is there smoke out of these guns ?
Useless in modern warfare ..destroyed in seconds against a drone swarm
They are powerful this weapons I will like to have it for protection
You are not making sense navy. Where is the collapsible ramp to simplify and speed up missile reload. Out it on a roller with a cable and machine load it.
Don't need the ramp. Fold it up and put it away.
The only concern with a dangerous charge should be easily placing it on the feeder and letting the ramp do the work and safety features keep the missile safe during load. Down the center.
Get better navy.
The end is near
Sorry, I’m not trying to be a fuddy duddy, but at 1:33 he says the projectile can reach “Mach 2” ……. Making it HYPERSONIC.
I promise you have to go faster than Mach 2 to be called hypersonic.
I think it’s anything traveling faster than Mach 5+ever heard of over penetration?
All they are doing is looking a small hole in something
I am still waiting for a suspended round within the barrel to negate any wear and only concern heat..... That's were the juice is.
I can't even begin to point out the flaws and the failures in the video versus the narration. They said 8000 m/s one twice the speed of sound? And then he said 2500 m/s was twice the speed of sound. This couldnt hve even be narrated with artificial intelligence because the numbers are so far-fetched and off the mathematical failure spectrum. I can't stand to watch it.
MAYBE WE CAN USE A HYPERSONIC MISSILE AS A PROJECTILE OF THIS RAILGUN
O M G save us from our self 🙏🙏🙏
The Japanese have perfected the rail gun
Megapack american superconductor rebco meets nano nuclear