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HYPERVELOCITY ELECTROMAGNETIC RAILGUN [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

Kinetic energy kill systems can either be of the rocket-propelled missile type, or of the hypervelocity gun system. The High Frontier study sees the deployment of carrier satellites with conventional missiles as a practical proposition. The total mass of such a system precludes comprehensive deployment. A more promising area for research into kinetic energy kill systems is to be the hypervelocity electromagnetic railgun. This system uses a high energy electromagnetic field to accelerate a hit-to-kill projectile to speed of the order of 5-25 km per second. Again, the power requirements for such a system are prodigious, and are likely to need nuclear generators.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Armes de haute technicité

Spanish

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