Mr. Harmonix wrote:I'd be smeared all over the ground just like road kill eh?
Sounds Painfull
well, see, you're being hit with something traveling 14,400 km/hr at a temperature of over 4000°F. I doubt you'd live long enough to really feel anything at all.
You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage.
--Terry Pratchett
not a rail gun, rather a super gun, but it was demolished during gulf war 1.
Whenever death may surprise us,
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
yeah, those dimensions that i posted earlier are those of the super gun.
Whenever death may surprise us,
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
starving eyes wrote:so narbus, i take it then, in your professional opinion, iraq does not have a rail gun, and even if they did, it would be largely useless.
Basically, yeah.
Really, at 6.5 million amps, the sheer cost of using it would greatly outweigh whatever damage it could do. You'd be better off just buying regular ol' bombs.
You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage.
--Terry Pratchett