WMD

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• tkk13909@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Are railguns actually scary? Last I checked they were just about as potent as regular guns just with more technical problems (like the gun tearing itself apart with every shot)

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  • starik@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They shoot farther and faster, but like you said, they aren’t durable enough to handle it.

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    • remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Japan seems to be having more success: futura-sciences.com/…/this-new-japanese-weapon-ca…

      Still, the technical challenges are exactly the same. While I can’t find many more details, it being ship mounted is a significant step forward and it seems to imply that some of the more serious issues have been solved. (A demonstration is just a demonstration and anything other than it being able to hit a target ship is just speculation.)

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  • markovs_gun@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The problem with railguns is that chemical propellants are just really, really good. The main thing that came out of the railgun project (pictured in this meme) was the projectile that can survive extreme acceleration and maintain incredible accuracy. It is just better to shoot said projectile out of traditional gun instead of the railgun because the equipment required to run the railgun is huge and the projectile will fit in an existing terrestrial howitzer. That said, the equipment size and energy requirements really aren’t a huge problem for naval applications, but then again you can do the math and find that an equivalent size of traditional gun can sling way more mass per hour than the railgun can and you can make a hundred of them for the cost of one railgun.

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    • redsand@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That math changes with advances in capacitors and batteries so this idea will probably continue to be developed on the backburner

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  • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Afaik the US made railguns that shoot at Mach 11, and then had to dial it back because the projectile was making a neat hole through a target ship and continuing on its merry way, instead of rocking the ship every which way. So the weapon is quite literally overpowered.

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    • tkk13909@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oh damn I guess I should look em up again lol

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ahhhh! La chancla! 😱

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• daychilde@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Weapon of motherly destruction?

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• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why are latino kids so well behaved and excel at academics?

  La Chanclaaa…

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• Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  As a grown man the subject of getting smacked with a thong/flip flop came up and well… we tested it. Grown men spanking each others bare arses with a flip flop. We all agreed that while the activity was slightly gay, it was also hilarious and incredibly painful.

  In short, it sucks as much as it did when you were a kid.

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• dumbass@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We cherish our thongs in Australia, we dont use them for fear, thats what a wooden spoon is for.

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• Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Try getting hit with a cooking chopstick. That shit stings.

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• rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  ¿Tu quiere pao-pao?

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• NorthWestWind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Clothes hanger

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• DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Emotional Damage.

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• altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I pee pee a little when I saw it. I hope it doesn’t fall on the hands of the wrong… Oh shit! Shit! Shit! Cleanup! She’s coming back! Go wash the dishes.

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• GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In south America. The slipper needs to be replaced with a belt for other parts of the world.

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• RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have a terrible idea for a wonderful Lancer campaign.

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