Posted on Feb 14, 2020
The Space Cannon that was Actually Fired in Orbit
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"Space" did Someone say "Space". Part of what I was doing 1980-1984 was Watching the Russian Space Program (Learned a Wee bit of Russian at the Time Also). From 1987-1990 I was MAA to Chief of Staff Commander Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. I'm Also a Classic Wizard Communicator which Makes Me Old School Space Force.
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Thanks, very interesting. I'd love to do the engineering analysis. Recoil will cause the orbit to change and force you to burn precious fuel if you want to maintain orbit. Heat transfer would also be interesting. Taking the shot would highlight your shooter in IR. I would select a water-cooled design due to the loss of all convective (air) cooling in space, all you'd get would be radiative cooling on an air-cooled canon in orbit. I don't think Soviet pointing accuracy could lead to single-shot kills at that time, but today you probably could avoid the whole heat problem via one-shot-one kill, unless target maneuvered during shot transit time.
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Fascinating. I knew just enough of this to make the rest of the material believable to me. Thank God the USSR fell before we ended up with dogfights in space
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CPT Jack Durish We Just Kept Upping the Ante. Considering what I did. I'm not sure I want to know what we're capable of doing now.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
Hey Jack, I spent several months in Russia, and I can tell you they don't have any Quit in them...like us, they prefer not to fight on their home ground...but God Forbid if we did...there won't be anyone on either side left standing.
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