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Originally Posted by Krauter
The reason I thought the kinetic rounds wouldn't be guided was that, if you guide the shell say, 5 miles to either side of its original track, doesn't the action of deflecting fins, etc, etc cause drag and thus slow the shell down? (Meaning less kinetic energy)
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5 Miles? Doubtful maybe 5 feet. Our current naval guns and fire control are sufficiently accurate to score 99/100 bullseyes at range (my buddy's destroyer fired off about a hundred rounds and missed once at the firing range in Djibouti.)
Even if the round is slowed its still coming in at a high mach number. If more damage to the target is required then the rate of fire on the gun makes up for it.