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Japan Looks to Partner with U.S. on Railgun Project
Japan Looks to Partner with U.S. on Railgun Project
I think it's just showing where it might go.Please don't tell me you think that's real.
Nope the rail issue didn't sink the USN railgun program.Did the solve the rail issue? Wasn't that what sank the USN's program?
No different then ensure a gun powder doesn't explode. Or deal with the SPY1 6mw per face.Making it combat rugged is extremely hard still. That's alot of power going thru the system. anything goes wrong a surge in power can fry things quickly.
Why wouldn't the Zumwalts have worked? Yeah there are only 3 of them but it's a start and they were going to be undergoing a major refit for something even if it wasn't railguns.Nope the rail issue didn't sink the USN railgun program.
By the time that was canceled they were averaging roughly 600 full power shots between replacements. The barrel life for the 5 inch is 1200 full charge and for the M1 Abrams 120mm it 1k. So it was basically fixed.
It was the fact we had nothing to put them on that killed it.
That's what I heard from a guy works on one of the technologies for this thing. He doesn't think it's ready and at least for another 20 years or so. his words not mineNo different then ensure a gun powder doesn't explode. Or deal with the SPY1 6mw per face.
And from what Ive heard that was largely a fixed issue as well.
But the question of...
What to put it on.
Isnt fixed.
Cause the poor Burkes lack the power and the weight to get more power. The Constellation has the same issues due to its size. LCS might if you willing to lose the hanger and mission bay, ditto for the San Ans. Only ships able easily take the Gear are the carrier types, which is a no. And tge Zumwalts due to being design as such but were poison at the time and now slated for hypersonics.
Did the solve the rail issue? Wasn't that what sank the USN's program?