Navy Sets World Record With Incredible, Sci-Fi Weapon

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Wonder what the projectile can cost, hardly peanuts,

At the current market price of Tugstin: 720 USD for the raw material alone for one 40 lb round.

For refining and manufacturing lets quadruple that to 1,680 USD

Price of tomahawk LACM: 569,000 USD per unit.

So for the price of one Tomahawk the Navy can buy 338 Rail gun rounds. (FWI the US Fired under 300 Tomahawks in the first gulf war).

For the Pentagon 1,680 USD is peanuts.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

At the current market price of Tugstin: 720 USD for the raw material alone for one 40 lb round.

For refining and manufacturing lets quadruple that to 1,680 USD

Price of tomahawk LACM: 569,000 USD per unit.

So for the price of one Tomahawk the Navy can buy 338 Rail gun rounds. (FWI the US Fired under 300 Tomahawks in the first gulf war).

For the Pentagon 1,680 USD is peanuts.

I can imagine That,

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

For the Pentagon 1,680 USD is peanuts.

Ya, there's proof Hammers cost that much.
And Crapper seat lids.
So I'd expect rounds for a Rail-Gun to be higher just because the way the 'system' works.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by privateer

So I'd expect rounds for a Rail-Gun to be higher just because the way the 'system' works.

Its the way the system works that makes it cheap. This gun could fire bits of iron ore as long as its magnetic. And at the speeds advertised would be quite effective against soft skinned targets.

A weapon like the tomahawk is expensive but you can fire it off off anything because everything needed for firing is built in to the weapon, you just need a platform. The rail gun has everything needed to fire it built in to the system except the projectile so its cost per shot is a great deal less.

It will be a great deal less, I agree.
You missed my point that the Supply System used by the Gov
jacks prices.
That is a proven fact.
We reduce other weapons systems,
The suppliers will screw the Tax Payers some how.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by privateer

It will be a great deal less, I agree.
You missed my point that the Supply System used by the Gov
jacks prices.
That is a proven fact.
We reduce other weapons systems,
The suppliers will screw the Tax Payers some how.

Such is life...sadly

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by privateer

It will be a great deal less, I agree.
You missed my point that the Supply System used by the Gov
jacks prices.
That is a proven fact.
We reduce other weapons systems,
The suppliers will screw the Tax Payers some how.

So you are anti-business anti-free market?

Do you think the government should have the power to mandate how a commercial business conducts its business?

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Platapus

So you are anti-business anti-free market?

Do you think the government should have the power to mandate how a commercial business conducts its business?

But its not a free market in defense products. The US can't buy the best value products they have to buy the American made products no matter the cost.

[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)

[TLAM Strike]

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)

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.