http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology...aw/4247543.html

Eight and 9-megajoule rail guns have been fired before, but providing 3 million amps of power per shot has been a limitation.

According to Dr. Amir Chaboki, the program manager for Electro-Magnetic Rail Guns at BAE Systems, “The power is available. The challenge is how you use it.” The Navy’s electrically-propelled DDG 100 Destroyer, Chaboki says, is a prime candidate for the final 64-megajoule system. Around 72 megawatts (MW) of the vessel’s power can be used for propulsion. But during combat, the destroyer’s speed could be brought down, freeing up energy for a rail gun. Chaboki calculates that firing the 64-megajoule weapon six times per minute would require 16 MW of power, which would be supplied by either onboard capacitors or pulsed alternators. The more daunting challenge is the force of the rail gun itself: A few shots can dislodge the conducting rails—or even damage the barrel of the gun.

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The Marines, in particular, are interested in the potential for rail guns to deliver supporting fire from up to 220 miles away—around 10 times further than standard ship-mounted cannons—with rounds landing more quickly and with less advance warning than a volley of Tomahawk cruise missiles.

COWNAGE?

Edited February 1, 200818 yr by Holy_COW

Ya estarán en eBay?

Hablando en serio, USA gasta un monton de dinero en armas estando en una situacion tan delicada economicamente...

Edited February 1, 200818 yr by Y@nNeR

Ya estarán en eBay?

Hablando en serio, USA gasta un monton de dinero en armas estando en una situacion tan delicada economicamente...

as always.

Lo que necesitan para levantar la economía otra vez es una guerra... y temo lo peor.

they just need more hookers

IMPRESSIVE!

as always.

Lo que necesitan para levantar la economía otra vez es una guerra... y temo lo peor.

lol si q si, xq ya china lo esta dejando votado.....

Yo no entiendo a las grandes potencias. Estos años venideros van a ser muy duros para todo el mundo, no solo económicamente, los desastres naturales van a estar por encima de todo. Vean como está China en este momento, son millones de millones de personas que estan en peligro.

Aparte de los desastres naturales está tambien el problema del agua. Recursos naturales no son para siempre.

Dicen que la tercera guerra mundial será causada por el tema del agua.

Lectura larga, biased y apocalítpica.