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Ah, that's right. I forgot that the US is targeting innocent civilians in its airstrikes and ground raids.

Here's a REALLY hard concept to wrap your head around: terrorists, or "freedom fighters" as you apparently will call them, actually DO target innocent civilians.

Regardless of how you view the war, our military, the Islamic radicals, or the general Muslim population, is it really so hard to make this distinction?]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
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A Gauss Rifle works on similar principles to a rail driver, but you don't need to replace the rails after every shot liek you do with a railgun.]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Have a smooth transition shot from Quake to a real life rail gun annihilating a ship. Throw the usual Godsmack in the background. And change the slogan to:
"Navy, Accelerate Your Nonexplosive Projectiles."]]>Jan 18th 2007 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
AWW YEEAHHH.]]>Jan 18th 2007 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
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Nothing beats the US military!]]>Jan 18th 2007 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
No. 008-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 04, 2007
Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132
Public/Industry(703) 428-0711

National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized as of January, 3, 2007

This week, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard announced a increase, while the Navy number remained the same. The net collective result is 2,962 more reservists mobilized than last week.

At any given time, services may mobilize some units and individuals while demobilizing others, making it possible for these figures to either increase or decrease. Total number currently on active duty in support of the partial mobilization for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 76,089; Navy Reserve, 4,921; Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, 5,326; Marine Corps Reserve, 5,574; and the Coast Guard Reserve, 358. This brings the total National Guard and Reserve personnel, who have been mobilized, to 92,268, including both units and individual augmentees.

A cumulative roster of all National Guard and Reserve personnel, who are currently mobilized, can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2007/d20070103ngr.pdf .]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense

No. 008-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 04, 2007
Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132
Public/Industry(703) 428-0711

National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized as of January, 3, 2007

This week, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard announced a increase, while the Navy number remained the same. The net collective result is 2,962 more reservists mobilized than last week.

At any given time, services may mobilize some units and individuals while demobilizing others, making it possible for these figures to either increase or decrease. Total number currently on active duty in support of the partial mobilization for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 76,089; Navy Reserve, 4,921; Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, 5,326; Marine Corps Reserve, 5,574; and the Coast Guard Reserve, 358. This brings the total National Guard and Reserve personnel, who have been mobilized, to 92,268, including both units and individual augmentees.

A cumulative roster of all National Guard and Reserve personnel, who are currently mobilized, can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2007/d20070103ngr.pdf .]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
I thought the damage to a ship was due to kinetic damage.With the curvature of the earth is'nt this just a LOS weapon. If the ship is out of LOS can it still be used to lob the projectile at long distances.

And if the projectile goes 380 miles an hour and you shoot at a target 250 miles away, it would take 45 minutes to reach the target, completely unguided, in the middle of the ocean. You could'nt possible expect to hit a ship with it at 250 miles even if you new the ships speed and course, there are so many variables to calculate it'd be impossible.

Did I just go off on a tangent?]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://0rz.tw/3f2k8
According to the website, the projectile actually leaves the atmosphere and re-enters with satellite guidance to hit the target.
Another thing worth mentioning is its 10+ rounds/min speed. It's essentially a missile machine gun!]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
Probably they were referring to the momentum of the object using terms we know.

A taurus (say 1000kg) traveling 260 mpg (say 115 m/s) would have a p of 115000 kg•m/s.

A little ball o metal (bullet) weighing *maybe* 5grams. WOuld travel much faster]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
The implication wasn't that the projectile travels at 380 miles an hour, but rather that its inertia (at impact) would be equivalent to a Ford Taurus traveling 380 mph.

I'm assuming that the Taurus would weigh somewhere between 1.5 and 2 tons. Unless the projectile weighs this much (which is very unlikely), it must be traveling faster in proportion. It's likely that it is traveling much, much faster.]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
I'm too lazy to do the math, but simple algebra will get you the actual speed these projectiles fire at.

And LOS means nothing in this case. You just compensate the firing coordinates.

One nice weapon - to bad I have been out of the Navy for 11 years, would have loved to see a live fire testing of this. ]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/"Projectiles fired from an electromagnetic railgun will travel up to 290 miles in less than six minutes, exiting the atmosphere before hurling into their target at a velocity of 5,000 feet per second. The force of the impact will obliterate targets without an explosive aid."
That's about 2900 mph.]]>Apr 14th 2007 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
Afganistan had my full support. Iraq was shit. Can you imagine what world reaction would be like if any other country did what the US did - invade a country and change the reason for the invasion after the first reason turned out to be a dud?]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
So know what you're talking about before making false claims.

Kalroy]]>Jan 18th 2007 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
Kalroy]]>Jan 18th 2007 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
The projectile isn't going 380 mph. The article says the projectile is "a supersonic bullet", and the speed of sound is 770 mph. The "Taurus at 380 mph" bit was just saying that the projectile has the same kinetic energy as that car, but the projectile weighs a lot less than a Taurus so it'd have to be going faster. Kinetic energy is 0.5 * mass * velocity * velocity, I think.]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/& I WANNA SEE THIS IN ACTION!]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
Saddam Hussein was just put to death for using chemical weapons.

Iran has nuclear reactors already putting out weapons grade plutonium.

You guys need to get your facts straight.


A weapon like this would allow us to obtain our objectives with less loss of U.S. soldier's lives so that little b&#^&#es like you can stop whining.]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
http://www.thesimexchange.com/]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
Does it come with bluetooth?]]>Jan 19th 2007 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/
In the article someone posted, it said that the projectile trails at Mach 7 (4900 mph). So, it would take less than 3 minutes to hit a target 200 miles away.]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/the railgun wasn't introduced until Quake 2 and the closest thing duke had to a non-combustive kinetic weapon was his foot that he used to kick ass while not chewing on bubble gum.

/not serious]]>Jan 19th 2007 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/navy-develops-8-megajoule-railgun-nukem-bows-down/Jan 18th 2007 4:57PM