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30 Second Update - Russian Meteor Shot Down:CONFIRMED?
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Railguns hurl projectiles at 3,500 m/s (11,500 ft/s, approximately Mach 10 at sea level). They can also shoot over 50 kilometres.
"The first weaponized railgun planned for production, the General Atomics Blitzer system, began full system testing in September 2010. The weapon launches a streamlined discarding sabot round designed by Boeing's Phantom Works at 1600 m/s (approximately Mach 5) with accelerations exceeding 60,000 g's.[21] During one of the tests, the projectile was able to travel an additional 7km (~4 mi) downrange after penetrating a 1/8 inch (3 mm) thick steel plate. The company hopes to have an integrated demo of the system by 2016 followed by production by 2019, pending funding. Thus far, the project is self-funded.[22]" [ link to en.wikipedia.org] Anyone who says that meteor couldn't have been shot down is fucking dumbass.The slowest meteor is 11 km/sec and up to 70 km/sec. Your railgun, 3.5 km/sec. Ain't gonna happen. The example listed was a smaller one under development in 2010. If you read further along the article, you'll see 5800 m/s confirmed speeds as well, from years ago. And do you think anything on Wiki is even a decade within current undisclosed military technology? Russia is full of industrial closed cities and power plants. They've been experimenting with high-energy weapons for decades. I doubt they're far behind the US if at all. 5.8 km/sec is still not 11 km/sec or 70 km/sec Wouldn't need it. You're not trying to race the giant rock, you're trying to intercept it. Computers have been able to do this with far slower projectiles for decades now.
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