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Q&A Effectiveness of orbital railguns on ground or air-based targets?

For space-based warfare, would an orbiting satellite which was equipped with a railgun cannon be effective against a ground-based fort, or even an aeroplane, or another type of air transport? This...

5 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭

Question railguns re-entry
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Q&A What's a safer design for a relativistic kill vehicle?

A large railgun mounted on the spine of a mega-scale starship (20-32km) or an antimatter-powered missile launched outside the ship? For clarification's sake, when I say "safer" I'm referring to "sa...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Q&A How do spaceship-mounted railguns not destroy the ships firing them?

And I'm not talking about the wimpy 32"‰MJ kind we have in the real world, I'm talking about the superweapon kind. Anyone familiar with Knights of Sidonia and their flagship's Heavy Mass Cannons wi...

11 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Rigorous Science What kind of protection system could be used against railguns?

What kind of system using modern technology would be able to counter a railgun projectile on a vehicle (both land and sea)? Would a think slab of angled armour in the shape of "<" work to cover ...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by SMS von der Tann‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by SMS von der Tann‭

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Rigorous Science How to build a tank equipped with a 1 GJ railgun

Not a tank that could survive being shot with a 1 GJ railgun (pretty sure nothing can survive that), but a tank that can withstand the recoil of a 1 GJ railgun that's been mounted to it. Obviousl...

8 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

Question railguns weapons
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Q&A Could elephants evolve into living railguns?

Say in a post nuclear holocaust world, elephants managed to survive and adapt. It can consume and digest iron and steel and grow two rows of metallic tusks. When threatened the elephant will lift u...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user6760‭

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Rigorous Science Railguns designs for hand held rifles and spacecraft

I'm writing a book and I want to use rail-guns for advanced space age factions in warfare. I would like to make them as realistic as possible so I did a bit of digging myself, but most of the inf...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Creed Arcon‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Creed Arcon‭

Question railguns warfare