They're actually going to fit a massive version of this thing on warships. This bigger, badder version is predicted to be more powerful than a Tomahawk missile.
It's expected to be ready in around 10-15 years. My friends, the future is here, and it includes bad-ass explosive free guns that fire projectiles so fast they ignite the freaking air around them.
Fuck the Covenant, we'll have them beat in about 50 years.
@Jimera0 Ever read the Halo books? The MAC cannons on the UNSC ships were giant magnetic cannons, i.e. railguns. But I am interested to see what they come up with after this.
This is suddenly zipping me ahead to the HALO universe where the humans of the UNSC developed ship-mounted railguns (well, more like railgun-mounted ship considering the ship was built around the massive weapon) that could fire a 600 ton Solid Ferric-Tungsten round. Or, the more powerful Orbital Defense Railgun that could fire 3000 ton Tungsten rounds. Things could split whole Covenant carriers in half! :)
It's exciting and frightening to know, we're on our way to a future very much like that...
The problem with games like Halo, Mass Effect, and any other set in the future, is that they seem to always underestimate humanities insatiable lust for better technology. We have guns that fire around corners, fire-and-forget infantry weapons, we're on the cusp of unlocking holography, railgun weaponry and nanotechnology,. But what so many forget is that, since humanities dawn, war has birthed almost every new technology or improved technology we have.
True. This has lead to a lot of descent over the absence of human direct energy weapons (aka Laser guns) in those games. Apparently, a lot of people don't like the idea of humans still using primitive projectile weapons two whole centuries from now XD
Magneto cumulative "guns" are "useless" for the millitary.
This is because the projectile is vaporized within few meters due to enormous air resistance (Mach 300...). Extremely large electrical current are also induced in the projectile (an aluminum ring) which also tends to vaporize it (according to Joule's law).
Not necessarily depends on what you make the rounds out of and the type of environment you fire the in. Bare in mind that you have new high strength materials and way of making old materials stronger eg carbon cylinders and ceramics. Conditions as using a electric field to charge the air molecules and set the bullet at the same charge so as it is fired the air molecules are repelled. I am sure there are lots of ideas to get this to work never say never lol
Impressive. What was the weight of the projectile and how fast was it going?
choctaw111 10 months ago
They're actually going to fit a massive version of this thing on warships. This bigger, badder version is predicted to be more powerful than a Tomahawk missile.
It's expected to be ready in around 10-15 years. My friends, the future is here, and it includes bad-ass explosive free guns that fire projectiles so fast they ignite the freaking air around them.
Fuck the Covenant, we'll have them beat in about 50 years.
Jimera0 1 year ago
@Jimera0 Ever read the Halo books? The MAC cannons on the UNSC ships were giant magnetic cannons, i.e. railguns. But I am interested to see what they come up with after this.
cubefreak123 1 year ago
This is suddenly zipping me ahead to the HALO universe where the humans of the UNSC developed ship-mounted railguns (well, more like railgun-mounted ship considering the ship was built around the massive weapon) that could fire a 600 ton Solid Ferric-Tungsten round. Or, the more powerful Orbital Defense Railgun that could fire 3000 ton Tungsten rounds. Things could split whole Covenant carriers in half! :)
It's exciting and frightening to know, we're on our way to a future very much like that...
SANCTIOND 2 years ago
The problem with games like Halo, Mass Effect, and any other set in the future, is that they seem to always underestimate humanities insatiable lust for better technology. We have guns that fire around corners, fire-and-forget infantry weapons, we're on the cusp of unlocking holography, railgun weaponry and nanotechnology,. But what so many forget is that, since humanities dawn, war has birthed almost every new technology or improved technology we have.
gettotheGate 2 years ago
True. This has lead to a lot of descent over the absence of human direct energy weapons (aka Laser guns) in those games. Apparently, a lot of people don't like the idea of humans still using primitive projectile weapons two whole centuries from now XD
SANCTIOND 2 years ago
so im guessing the rail gun from transformers 2 is just a bit more advanced
Tannerislegend 2 years ago 2
nah it has the same effect but they just edited the color to make it look cool
Ralph12344 2 years ago
METAL... GEAR?!
SilasWolfe 3 years ago
ROFLMAO
snipedsniper18 2 years ago
all this technology to kill a man!
apps1946 3 years ago
Anybody know why flames are coming out of it?
mikeskinner0815 4 years ago
Im gonna say friction, kinda like the space shuttle entering the atmosphere except a lot faster.
rammertide07 3 years ago
The speed is about 2.5 km/s in the video. Shuttle reenters at about Mach 15, which is a lot faster than what you see in the video.
Ivakin81 3 years ago
Magneto cumulative generators can fire projectiles up to Mach 300 (100Km/s).
If u are interested in electromagnetic gun watch for thoses devises.
OptimusPanzer 4 years ago
um, thats 33% of the speed of light... you do know that you'r talking relativistic speeds at just 10% c?
khyprus 3 years ago
eh, sorry about that. got my decila kinda wrong:P
khyprus 3 years ago
No problem.
(100km/s)/(300,000km/s)*100% = 0.033%
Magneto cumulative "guns" are "useless" for the millitary.
This is because the projectile is vaporized within few meters due to enormous air resistance (Mach 300...). Extremely large electrical current are also induced in the projectile (an aluminum ring) which also tends to vaporize it (according to Joule's law).
Best regards.
OptimusPanzer 3 years ago
Not necessarily depends on what you make the rounds out of and the type of environment you fire the in. Bare in mind that you have new high strength materials and way of making old materials stronger eg carbon cylinders and ceramics. Conditions as using a electric field to charge the air molecules and set the bullet at the same charge so as it is fired the air molecules are repelled. I am sure there are lots of ideas to get this to work never say never lol
lightfdar 2 years ago
Hrm... is the warhead breaking apart while in the tube?
ircjunk2004 4 years ago
Why at night?
TacereM 4 years ago
Make a better effects, i guess.
Insaneroy 4 years ago
I guess, I saw the one during the day, not as bright as this one.
TacereM 4 years ago
You might be thinking of the older tests. This is the one that made the news and broke records.
jhwisner 4 years ago
I know.
TacereM 4 years ago