Posted on Dec 5, 2017

Is the US Navy set to kill off the railgun?

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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Is the US Navy set to kill off the railgun?

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Posted 7 y ago

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TSgt David L.

Posted 7 y ago

Seems like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Maybe table it until power supplies or components can catch up.

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SPC Brett Curry

7 y

I totally agree.

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MSgt Danny Hope

Posted 7 y ago

Too expensive?

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CW4 Guy Butler

7 y

Platform issue. The only ships with a big enough energy budget to charge and power the rail guns are the Zumwalt class destroyers, and there are only going to be 3 of those.

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Is the US Navy set to kill off the railgun?

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