if I had a microwave I could take apart I would get the magnetron out and cook thing from several feet away :)
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if I had a microwave I could take apart I would get the magnetron out and cook thing from several feet away :)
You'd probably cook yourself too. :D :pQuote:
Originally posted by !shira!
if I had a microwave I could take apart I would get the magnetron out and cook thing from several feet away :)
If I'm not mistaken if you ever needed to build a radio transmitter most of the major components to do build one are in a microwave. All it would require was some minor modifications.
This is true, but then again a computer has proved useful to most people today. A railgun is a bit extreme. I mean we already have high powered rifles etc. Civilians won't have much need for such a high powered firearm. I mean whatever you're shooting at can be mangled/killed/whatever with a severely less powerful weapon. If you're a hunter and you shoot a deer with a railgun it is going to either explode or have a hole in it the size of a watermellon. Either way it wouldn't be too practical lol. Even if you want it for self defense.. it would be nice to know who you just obliviated. I do think the technology will get there, but I don't think the usability for the average American will.Quote:
Originally posted by CadetLee
Remember computers 50 years ago? A world market for maybe 5 computers...then 640k should be enough for anybody. I think railguns will eventually be practical - look at the technological advancements in the last 75 years, and imagine 75 years down the road. It will be interesting, at least..I know that much :)
Militarily there is the problem of how far the projectile will travel. Fratricide is a real problem with tanks shells that travel 2-3 miles. It would be much great with a projectile that could theoretically travel 10X as far.Quote:
Originally posted by jester22c
This is true, but then again a computer has proved useful to most people today. A railgun is a bit extreme. I mean we already have high powered rifles etc. Civilians won't have much need for such a high powered firearm. I mean whatever you're shooting at can be mangled/killed/whatever with a severely less powerful weapon. If you're a hunter and you shoot a deer with a railgun it is going to either explode or have a hole in it the size of a watermellon. Either way it wouldn't be too practical lol. Even if you want it for self defense.. it would be nice to know who you just obliviated. I do think the technology will get there, but I don't think the usability for the average American will.
true but there would be no flame from the barrel of the tankQuote:
Originally posted by nova
Militarily there is the problem of how far the projectile will travel. Fratricide is a real problem with tanks shells that travel 2-3 miles. It would be much great with a projectile that could theoretically travel 10X as far.
that way, your position wouldn't be given away to the enemy visually
as for fratricide, by the time we are mounting rail/coil guns on tanks they will have better iff (anyways we have shot at own own abrams tanks and the armor is so good that is survived :D )
THis I know. I'm in ROTC and several of our CADRE fought in the Gulf War.
You do have to worry about the Bradleys and such though. They aren't quite as tough.
Plus what do you do if you miss and accidentally wipe out a town or something. Civy casualties are frowned upon.
Frowned upon?! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by nova
Plus what do you do if you miss and accidentally wipe out a town or something. Civy casualties are frowned upon.
That would be an understatement if I ever saw one.Quote:
Originally posted by nova
Plus what do you do if you miss and accidentally wipe out a town or something. Civy casualties are frowned upon.
It depends on what side you are on. Some countries aren't that particular about civilian casualities except as propaganda. As for a market for a railgun, I think Saddam Hussien or Osama bin Ladin would buy it. Your ground troups would be quite formidable.Quote:
Originally posted by Sparky_D
Frowned upon?! :rolleyes:
true but osama would need to power it with something and there usually aren't power outlets in cavesQuote:
Originally posted by alanpennington
It depends on what side you are on. Some countries aren't that particular about civilian casualities except as propaganda. As for a market for a railgun, I think Saddam Hussien or Osama bin Ladin would buy it. Your ground troups would be quite formidable.
More truthful than you know. The increasingly high tech weapons of the world are getting more and more out of reach of nations and groups without large amounts of infrastructure and resources.Quote:
Originally posted by !shira!
true but osama would need to power it with something and there usually aren't power outlets in caves