Comment on Japan shows off futuristic 'railgun' at defence expo

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knightly@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

And then some, of course. The advantage of energy weapons is the speed of light, but they have negligible kinetic energy and zero penetration, relying on surface heating to cause damage. It typically takes them several seconds on target to knock out a drone, and even longer on missiles designed for hypersonic flight.

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