Thanks to all for their help on this.......
Now what would the size for one capable of being used for planetary defense?
I figure you would have some sort of building/turret with the railgun
pointing skyward,say covering @100 meters.....but how long (or tall,perhaps)
would the railgun measure? Would it be similar to some sort of
"super-gun"
(like the Paris gun of WW1,or the "Saddam Slingshot",the one found in Iraq
based on Dr.Gerald Bull's work?)
Just trying toget a rough idea of how to model one for my DS2
games.........
> Now what would the size for one capable of being used for planetary
Somehow, a planetary defense weapon sticking up 100m into the air sounds like
a sign reading "Bomb Me!" I'd make it look like a missile silo. You shouldn't
have to move the gun to aim it, just twitch the magnetic field in the last few
meters of the track.
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 06:02:02AM -0500, Laserlight wrote:
> Somehow, a planetary defense weapon sticking up 100m into the air
That's not going to give you very much aiming ability. I suspect you'd need
one every 5 degrees or so around the planet.
Or do the smart thing and put it in space of course. :-)
R
> At 6:02 AM -0500 1/27/03, Laserlight wrote:
What he said...or you could gimbal the mount below the muzzle under ground.
Terminally guided rounds would be pretty useful as well.
An additional measure would be a "fake" hill that was built up around the
mobile platform ala the Shiva Guns.