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Old 02-29-12, 08:31 AM   #14
Osmium Steele
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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr View Post
3. What kind of weapon can counter to this? Could it be laser and how powerful it should be to intercept and destroy incoming threath?
Counter battery fire from multiple artillery positions.

Air/space dropped munitions.

Tactical nuke.

Teenager with a hammer.

I've never been convinced of the railgun's viability as a weapon. Now, as a lower earth orbit launch facility? That is another matter.
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