Comment on China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot a Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky
Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 months agoI’m no expert, but I could imagine rail-guns would be a huge advantage on nuclear powered vessels. For one the ammo doesn’t explode if hit by enemy fire.
EvilBit@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They might also have a much smaller launch signature, meaning harder response to a first-strike launch. But I’m not a physicist or nuclear deterrence expert or anything.
APassenger@lemmy.world 5 months ago
When it’s not an experiment: