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Originally Posted by Krauter
Ahh, my mistake then TLAM. From what I understood from Takeda's description, I took the rounds it fired to simply use their kinetic energy to destroy a target rather than explosives. If capable of using guided smart munitions, like you say with a high ROF, long range and cost effectiveness...
I think the Iowas are going to be making a comeback.
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To answer your previous question though, some anti tank sabot rounds do only use kinetic energy to destroy their targets. The rounds right now in the rail gun, from what i read, are kinetic only.
And where did we get these small city power plant requirements? From what i saw in the article, they never mentioned the power required to fire it, jsut the amount of energy released in the round.
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To convey a sense of just how much damage, Ellis told FoxNews.com that the big guns on the deck of a warship are measured by their muzzle energy in megajoules. A single megajoule is roughly equivalent to a 1-ton car traveling at 100 mph. Multiple that by 33 and you get a picture of what would happen when such a weapon hits a target.
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