Yup. The Rail Gun is the actual "Game Changer". The system's got vulnerabilities but in the interim, if we place a Mount with at least 2 or 3 of them or 3 single's along with Standard Weapons systems we will have Ships that can create a barrier around the entire Country.
The only thing we need to do is start working on Dedicated Platforms that are 100% Tempest protected so nobody can knock out the main weapons systems with some rudy-poop EMP. It looks like we're headed back to the Light to Heavy Cruiser Classes again. Yippie!!!!
The rail gun has hit some hardware problems, though. It uses so much power that it ends up destroying itself when fired. They're going to have to come up with some (likely expensive) new material solutions for it to work.
The laser is the actual game changer because it actually can be built up to the point where no incoming missile can touch our ships, meaning the enemy will have to get extremely close and use guns, which they won't be able to do because we have missiles and they don't have the ability to stop them.
I haven't seen any with spin stabilization, so I think there's still work to do. Maybe I should build a little one in my garage with helical rails and try it out.
Sabot rounds are stabilized by fins, not spin. You can't have both unless your fins are what provide the spin, at the cost of a LOT of drag. What is the point of propelling your projectile at 3km/sec just to have it lose velocity for stabilization? The destructive force of a projectile depends on its kinetic energy at the point of impact and due to the potentially high velocity of a railgun-launched projectile, their destructive force may be much greater than conventionally launched projectiles of the same size. rail gun is not rifled; nor does it provide rotation in the projectile through the magnetism propelling it.
Not to be a turd in the punch bowl, but it does require clear weather to operate effectively.
SSsssshhh.......let them have their moment.
Meanwhile, back at the lab...
Yup. The Rail Gun is the actual "Game Changer". The system's got vulnerabilities but in the interim, if we place a Mount with at least 2 or 3 of them or 3 single's along with Standard Weapons systems we will have Ships that can create a barrier around the entire Country.
The only thing we need to do is start working on Dedicated Platforms that are 100% Tempest protected so nobody can knock out the main weapons systems with some rudy-poop EMP. It looks like we're headed back to the Light to Heavy Cruiser Classes again. Yippie!!!!
The rail gun has hit some hardware problems, though. It uses so much power that it ends up destroying itself when fired. They're going to have to come up with some (likely expensive) new material solutions for it to work.
The laser is the actual game changer because it actually can be built up to the point where no incoming missile can touch our ships, meaning the enemy will have to get extremely close and use guns, which they won't be able to do because we have missiles and they don't have the ability to stop them.
I assume the rail gun bolts still need to be manufactured and stored so that is one limitation.
I haven't seen any with spin stabilization, so I think there's still work to do. Maybe I should build a little one in my garage with helical rails and try it out.
Sabot rounds are stabilized by fins, not spin. You can't have both unless your fins are what provide the spin, at the cost of a LOT of drag. What is the point of propelling your projectile at 3km/sec just to have it lose velocity for stabilization? The destructive force of a projectile depends on its kinetic energy at the point of impact and due to the potentially high velocity of a railgun-launched projectile, their destructive force may be much greater than conventionally launched projectiles of the same size. rail gun is not rifled; nor does it provide rotation in the projectile through the magnetism propelling it.
Obviously you’ll need both a rail gun and a laser...on every side. They should fire out of steel carved eagle mouths. Just to make them more accurate.