America's "Supergun" Destroys Everything in its Path!

[sirs]

Very good suggestions, actually

[kimba1]

One real big problem with this weapon which is extremely possible is by watching and hearing the weapon will have a rival nation to create a better cheaper version of that weapon. That's exactly how weapons innovation works. Simply wait for somebody to prove it works and everybody will figure out the rest . It dramatically cuts down on the trail and error aspect and already point out what to avoid.

Potentially we may see rail guns by other nations  used before we actually publicly do.

[sirs]

Nothing is stopping any country from trying now...outside of the technology and resources.  Let them try.  What they do is irrelevent to our end goals.  So, in the mean time, we do what we can to research and make such a platform as functional and accurate as possible, that will result in bad guys killed and LESS INNOCENT LIVES LOST, in a time of war

[Xavier_Onassis]

You keep talking about innocent lives.

The ideal should be to settle all disputes with NO ONE dying.

According to official Christian doctrine, we are all guilty of the Original Sin from the stench of the didie to the reek of the shroud, because of an event involving a loquacious reptile, a gullible couple, a domineering Creator  and  the fruit of a tree that has apparently been removed from the planet,

[kimba1]

It happened in Ww2 . The US totally underestimated the germans ability to make rockets. They were accused of stealing secrets but it just simply innovation and the knowledge the technology is viable.

The U.S.by simply having a working model can simply encourage other nations to make them better. Not say it's a serious concern today but potentially it can

[sirs]

You keep talking about innocent lives.

The ideal should be to settle all disputes with NO ONE dying.

Yes, that would be nice.....but doesn't happen in a war.  And we're not talking about some Crusade, so Christian doctrine is irrelevent. Innocent is in relation to who's fighting us and who isn't.  When at war the goal is to mininze innocent civilian lives lost, and maximize enemy lives lost.  Ergo, what research we can do to help in this, which includes a railgun, is a GOOD idea

[Xavier_Onassis]

The German rocket program was based on the work of the American Robert Goddard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard

so you could say that the Germans stole the idea from the Americans, and then the Americans stole it back

[sirs]

A rocket is not a railgun.  It requires propellant and and be far mre influenced by natural conditions, such as wind, rain, humidity.  They're no where near the same idea.     

[Plane]

  A mountain does not stop artillery.

  Have you ever seen a chain hanging between two hooks? That curve is a catenary curve and  it approximates a parabola.

   At any speed a projectile follows a curve that is nearly a parabola.  To strike the targets that are out of sight beyond a mountain , the projectile is fired at a high enough angle to clear the obstacle and come down again on the other side.

    So a mountain has a "shadow" in which indirect fire is difficult, but hitting targets on the other side of hills is old technology now.

     Striking other ships is a good use for this weapon. In a ship by ship duel the higher speed of this projectile would prevent the enemy from getting missiles in the air before they were hit.

      I don't know if this is going to be used against aircraft , but I don't see why not, and again the speed that this weapon strikes and the range at which it strikes prevents shooting back.

[kimba1]

Robert Goddard is exactly who I was thinking about. also how little support the government had for him. despite the Fact some very serious weapons are delayed due to his health proving how valuable he is. ex. bazooka

[Plane]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JATO

Goddard helped develop one system we are still using.

[kimba1]

he`s proof about how valuable nerds are.he`s a literal proto-nerd. a fan of h.g. wells and jules verne. i believe the very reason he doesn`t get more credit is his nerd cred.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Where did I say that rockets are railguns are similar in any aspect other than being innovations at the time they were developed?

sirs is incapable of actual rational thought.

[sirs]

You injected the idea of rockets out of no where, with no context, while you railed against railguns.  Anyone & everyone would make that connection, given your track record of deflections.     

[Xavier_Onassis]

You are full of shit, sirs.