U.S. Military's Most Powerful Cannon - Electromagnetic Rail-gun Shoots 100 miles - Mach 7

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  • Опубліковано 10 чер 2017
  • This is a video I re uploaded because I found the content to be interesting to me. It is about the US Navy and the use of Rail-guns. It sounds futuristic because it is and it will be the next form of weaponry that the US Military adopts into everyday battle. It is an absurd amount of money that is spent on this technology. Below is a brief explanation of the video and information on rail guns.
    The U.S. Navy is tapping the power of the Force (of Star Wars fame) to wage war. Its latest weapon is an electromagnetic rail-gun launcher. It uses a form of electromagnetic energy known as the Lorentz force to hurl a 23-pound projectile at speeds exceeding Mach 7. Engineers already have tested this futuristic weapon on land, and the Navy plans to begin sea trials aboard a Joint High Speed Vessel Millinocket in 2016.
    “The electromagnetic rail-gun represents an incredible new offensive capability for the U.S. Navy,” Rear Adm. Bryant Fuller, the Navy’s chief engineer, said in a statement. “This capability will allow us to effectively counter a wide range of threats at a relatively low cost, while keeping our ships and sailors safer by removing the need to carry as many high-explosive weapons.”
    The massive rail-gun that needs just one sailor to operate it relies on the electromagnetic energy of the Lorentz force-the combination of electric and magnetic forces on a point charge-for power.
    The Navy likes the weapon for several reasons, not the least of which it has a range of 100 miles and doesn’t require explosive warheads. That makes it far safer for sailors, and cheaper for taxpayers. According to the Navy, each 18-inch projectile costs about $25,000, compared to $500,000 to $1.5 million for conventional missiles.
    “[It] will give our adversaries a huge moment of pause to go: ‘Do I even want to go engage a naval ship?’” Rear Admiral Matt Klunder told reporters. “Because you are going to lose. You could throw anything at us, frankly, and the fact that we now can shoot a number of these rounds at a very affordable cost, it’s my opinion that they don’t win.”
    The Navy’s been talking about using rail guns for the past ten years. The Office of Naval Research launched a prototype program in 2005, with an initial investment of $250 million committed through 2011. The Navy anticipates spending about that much more by 2017.
    Of course the Army is interested in having one too, and the Pentagon is in general interested in many aspects of the technology. In July, the Navy will display the electromagnetic rail-gun prototype at San Diego Naval Base.
    “Frankly, we think it might be the right time for them to know what we’ve been doing behind closed doors in a Star Wars fashion,” said Klunder. “It’s now reality. It’s not science fiction. It’s real and you can look at it.”
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  • @ronlal652
    @ronlal652 4 роки тому +3

    At mach 7 its kinetic energy is unimaginable

  • @Dawson2011H
    @Dawson2011H 5 років тому +3

    Cool. Finally !

  • @christopherholliday6696
    @christopherholliday6696 4 роки тому +5

    I'm impressed I think this will be a game changer when to hitting land missile defenses!

  • @MF11283
    @MF11283 4 роки тому +8

    25000 dollars for a steel kinetic round, man I need a government contract

    • @richardcarden4161
      @richardcarden4161 4 роки тому

      Yes it sounds overpriced but I am sure the steel alloy is proprietary and the round is no doubt computer balanced.

    • @patton3rd1
      @patton3rd1 3 роки тому

      It's guided. Most of the cost will be the electronics that can communicate with guidance systems on ships or aircraft and survive the acceleration it goes through in the gun.

    • @MF11283
      @MF11283 3 роки тому

      @@patton3rd1 there are guidance computers yes. But that projectile is not guided its a kinetic round much like the discarded sabot rounds tanks shoot. If that thing had any electronics In it it would cost a hell of a lot more than 25k

  • @329787
    @329787 5 років тому +4

    Even at mach 7, about 1 mile in 1 sec, firing straight at a target, the projectile would hit 16 feet low. distance = 0.5gt^2 g is the acceleration of gravity and t is time. distance = 0.5*32*(1)^2 = 16 feet. While the projectile is flying nearly horizontal, the 16 foot drop is vertical straight down, perpendicular to the flight vector. With a 100 second flight time for 100 mile range, the drop would be dist = 0.5*32*100^2 = 160000 feet or 30 miles!!! Certainly has to fired ballistically. The projectile will have be aimed ballistically. This video mentions that the projectile will have to be guided and also mentions a proximity fuze will trigger the projectile to explode near the target. This increases the apparent size of the projectile. Also in that one second of flight, the target has moved several thousand feet and therefor must lead the target. My understanding so far this would operate similar to the CIWS Phalanx. Radar in a closed loop feedback system to bring the gun aim point on target. But this projectile is larger and could also be fitted with "on projectile" guidance to be fire and forget. The video mentions @2:39 "out bound projectiles are tracked and guided" so they can hit the incoming target. So instead of a CIWS with a range of 1-2 miles, I'm thinking this would be a CIWS with a range of 100 miles. The army cancelled their long range GPS guided 155mm howizter 155 mm/62 (6.1") Mark 51 Advanced Gun System (AGS). These shells have powder to fire out the cannon, and explosives to destroy the target. This rail gun will have neither powder to fire or explosives to kill. But will kill with kinetic energy but will still need some time of guidance. But these projectiles will be much smaller and with no powder/explosives they are much safer to store on a ship. Also can store thousands of them as apposed to just a few hundred missiles. All the aircraft carriers and large ships we lost in WW2 were lost mostly due to secondary explosions from the artillery shells. I ignored the curvature of the earth. But the firing ballistics and radar guidance would account for that. Although for radar guidance at 100 miles it probably could not be a ship board radar but maybe the E2C hawkeye airborne radar. Also in 100 second flight time the projectile would not quite drop 30 miles but much less. I ignored air resistance and the resulting terminal velocity perpendicular to the flight vector.

    • @victorhulbert5687
      @victorhulbert5687 5 років тому

      So what this soooooo smart clown is saying is that he's the the only one that can figure out the trajectory of the projectile

  • @rosslynstone
    @rosslynstone 4 роки тому +1

    He is so used to paying very large amounts of money he thinks that small forged bolt is cheap at $25000

    • @secondlayer7898
      @secondlayer7898 3 роки тому

      Anti ship missiles cost 1 milion so comparatively this is cheap

  • @skyhiker9669
    @skyhiker9669 4 роки тому +2

    Well... LET’S GET IT DONE already.

  • @abbiebeast
    @abbiebeast 5 років тому +8

    When I was a teenager back in the 80's my favorite arcade game - Missile Command!!!

  • @michaelallmon9319
    @michaelallmon9319 4 роки тому +2

    It is not the size of the projectile it is the speed which causes the damage

  • @Jdalio5
    @Jdalio5 4 роки тому +1

    $25,000 for machines chunk of medal...that round should cost no more than $100.

    • @Mooshimoca
      @Mooshimoca 3 роки тому +1

      its not a hunk of metal, the amount of time and money it takes to make that thing as symmetrical as possible, not to mention it has a bunch of shit inside of it so it can detonate right before hitting a missile so the maximum amount of metal can be dispersed to have a greater chance of hitting a missile, some mad technology in that "chunk of medal"

  • @wollekemper8317
    @wollekemper8317 4 роки тому +3

    What they don’t tell is that the gun literally destroys itself with every shoot you make
    You might can carry a lot of ammunition , but you can not fire it
    And the rails are not so easy to replace. This is precision work and you can make one shot for the cameras but then have to fiddle or even replace the rails for hours or for days

  • @ReverenXero
    @ReverenXero 4 роки тому +1

    Incorrect. The fireball is actually plasma that gets created when when the atmosphere becomes ionized from the violent release of that much charge at once.

  • @thomasbroking7943
    @thomasbroking7943 5 років тому +4

    I hope it comes about on time, looks very effective. If the Army can deploy them to protect convoys from air attack that could save many lives.

  • @michaelcuff5780
    @michaelcuff5780 5 років тому +32

    All we need is a really long extension cord! Lol!

    • @BGoff
      @BGoff  5 років тому

      Haha and solar!

    • @rizalsfarewelltoourlostede7968
      @rizalsfarewelltoourlostede7968 4 роки тому

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    • @B0MC3R
      @B0MC3R 4 роки тому

      I guess they are going nuclear again.

  • @lckoolg622
    @lckoolg622 4 роки тому +1

    Hell yeah

  • @loomisdagreat9287
    @loomisdagreat9287 3 роки тому +1

    Mach 7? So it's almost as fast as my '01 Ford Ranger.

  • @skyhiker9669
    @skyhiker9669 4 роки тому +2

    Should be PRIORITY 1 for all branches of the US military.

    • @aft3r-lif382
      @aft3r-lif382 Рік тому

      3 years after your comment.... Saddly it wasn't or at least that's what our Gov wants us to think..... how about some revolutionary way of ALL OF US beautifully created and unique peoples
      To think, a different mindset where the main goal is how NOT to kill and destroy each other for other people that don't give a shit about us other than cannon fodder.

  • @jurzyjohner432
    @jurzyjohner432 4 роки тому +4

    A machine gun version of this would be a blessing. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

    • @Dan-zc7ut
      @Dan-zc7ut 4 роки тому

      I mean this is a British war weapon, it’s made by british aerodynamical engineering systems for the British Navy and The US navy. The initial research was done in Britain. The USA are just customers

  • @sonofaphil
    @sonofaphil 4 роки тому

    Problem comes when the barrel after several (5-6) shots starts to melt.
    Launching a projectile that fast causes a great deal of heat and air friction. Tremendous heat. Materials must still be developed and tested to handle military grade usage.
    Not quite there yet....

  • @akseakayaker
    @akseakayaker 4 роки тому +3

    This shit is great! We need more of these things.

    • @spaceman081447
      @spaceman081447 3 роки тому

      @spikedpsycho
      RE: ". . . and no warhead for taking out a target."
      It doesn't need one; it's a kinetic kill weapon.

    • @spaceman081447
      @spaceman081447 3 роки тому

      @spikedpsycho
      Below are some calculations that I've done . . .
      m = mass of kinetic kill projectile = 23 lb = 10.43 kg
      v = velocity of kinetic kill projectile = Mach 7 = 5,329 mph = 2,382 m/s
      KE = kinetic energy of kinetic kill projectile in joules = to be determined

      KE = 0.5mv²
      KE = 0.5(10.43 kg)(2,382 m/s)²
      KE = 2.96E+07 J

      For Comparison . . .
      4.20E+06 J = energy released by explosion of 1 kilogram of TNT
      1.00E+07 J = kinetic energy of the armor-piercing round fired by the assault guns of the ISU-152 tank
      2.96E+07 J = kinetic energy of kinetic kill projectile
      6.30E+07 J = theoretical minimum energy required to accelerate 1 kg of matter to escape velocity from Earth's surface (ignoring atmosphere)
      As you can see, the kinetic energy is more than the energy released by explosion of 1 kilogram of TNT. True, that would not disable a ship, but it would knock out a missile or an airplane.

    • @spaceman081447
      @spaceman081447 3 роки тому

      @spikedpsycho
      RE: ". . . but you forget the other factor in ballistics, DRAG!"
      You're right; I didn't take drag into account. And drag would really be significant at the 100+ nautical miles range the Navy is talking about, would it? Maybe I'll re-do the calculations and see what the actual kinetic energy would be at difference ranges.

    • @spaceman081447
      @spaceman081447 3 роки тому

      @spikedpsycho
      OK, you've convinced me. And I really appreciate the data references you've given. I try to do the same. That's extremely unusual on UA-cam. Most people on YT merely make adamant assertions without any evidence.
      However, I have two questions. One, if the army had this data, why didn't they give it to the navy - or did the navy just ignore it? I'm well aware of inter-service rivalry, but this is ridiculous! Two, assuming that humans ever establish a permanent presence in space, do you think that railguns would be a viable option for ship-to-ship combat?

  • @owendavies4613
    @owendavies4613 4 роки тому +1

    This looks a little like Star Wars all over again but a more turned down version. I have to say in ideal conditions it might work very well but at sea I think you might have problems. Salt water and electricity don't go well together and you are going to need one hell of a generator to keep up with rapid discharges at on coming targets, but still the technology is impressive.

  • @grossherman3841
    @grossherman3841 4 роки тому +4

    Another example of British know how.

  • @danieljaeger6712
    @danieljaeger6712 4 роки тому

    ☺nice

  • @sluggou812beotch
    @sluggou812beotch 5 років тому +6

    Love me some sabots.

  • @rickjames7834
    @rickjames7834 4 роки тому

    Now you need to build a battle ship.

  • @michael_swardh
    @michael_swardh 5 років тому +8

    It's time to build new battleships with 3x3 Railguns each!

    • @BGoff
      @BGoff  5 років тому +1

      That would be awesome.

    • @secondlayer7898
      @secondlayer7898 3 роки тому

      It wouldn't be practical though

  • @taiyoctopus2958
    @taiyoctopus2958 4 роки тому

    Now they need a two stage rail gun projectile... Get that range up over 100 miles.
    Secondary thrust would be required to counteract air friction after a certain distance no matter how fast your projectile leaves the barrel.
    Plus a two stage rail projectile might even be able to put small things into orbit for cheaper than a rocket? Adding potential for non military applications.

  • @denu1879
    @denu1879 3 роки тому +1

    All we need now is a metal gear.

  • @TheBillo733
    @TheBillo733 4 роки тому +1

    The best for us and friends

  • @MrRedeyedJedi
    @MrRedeyedJedi 4 роки тому +1

    Also great for taking out alien ships, when depleted uranium rounds are used

  • @charlesnelson8978
    @charlesnelson8978 4 роки тому +5

    The US Navy is now insisting on including electric systems on all new warships that have multiple times higher output than previous ships. The Navy wants their new ships to have the electrical power required when electromagnet weapons are finally perfected.

  • @KsAdventures
    @KsAdventures 5 років тому +1

    These are already in use aboard Solar Warden.

  • @nunyanunya7788
    @nunyanunya7788 4 роки тому

    Badass 🦅🇺🇸🦅

    • @Dan-zc7ut
      @Dan-zc7ut 4 роки тому

      it’s made by british aerodynamical engineering systems for the British Navy and The US navy. The initial research was done in Britain. The USA are just customers. Lol

  • @keithdouglass3618
    @keithdouglass3618 4 роки тому +1

    what about the electrical magnetic field neutralizer that nocks out computers

  • @1206chaos
    @1206chaos 5 років тому +3

    Is this the new arrow3 they’ve been working on and tested in Alaska recently for Israel?

    • @nimrodquimbus912
      @nimrodquimbus912 4 роки тому +2

      The Arrow 3 or Hetz 3 is an
      exoatmospheric hypersonic anti-ballistic missile, jointly funded,
      developed and produced by Israel and the United States. Undertaken by
      Israel Aerospace Industries and Boeing, it is overseen by the Israeli
      Ministry of Defense's "Homa" administration and the U.S

  • @yabbadabbadoo8225
    @yabbadabbadoo8225 4 роки тому +1

    Blitzer , on sale now on Amazon - buy 3 get one free.

  • @crissmullen5528
    @crissmullen5528 4 роки тому +1

    Ok I get the reference Tomcat but did you have a point?

  • @jmikronis7376
    @jmikronis7376 3 роки тому

    Can one barrel shoot multiple rounds, or is it one barrel, one shot?

  • @markwenz5458
    @markwenz5458 4 роки тому +1

    Shoots through 600+ft. of solid earth to do so...

  • @abbiebeast
    @abbiebeast 3 роки тому

    Roger that!

  • @crissmullen5528
    @crissmullen5528 4 роки тому +1

    Well it's about time Star Wars coughed something up that we can use J/K!!! Unbelievable and very cool Anyone remember the F14 tiger badge or patch? Anytime, baby!!!

  • @tulsaguy9963
    @tulsaguy9963 4 роки тому +1

    Wow

  • @tjstevens001
    @tjstevens001 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome, is it ready to deploy??

    • @BGoff
      @BGoff  4 роки тому +1

      Let's hope so.

  • @liberyone5185
    @liberyone5185 5 років тому +27

    Maybe they can use the "Blitzer" on Walt & CNN.

    • @BGoff
      @BGoff  5 років тому +3

      That would be interesting.

    • @jimbutke
      @jimbutke 4 роки тому +2

      Walt Disney?

  • @michaelcuff5780
    @michaelcuff5780 4 роки тому +2

    I need on for home protection! Lol!

  • @RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu
    @RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu 5 років тому +2

    I can see the video coming next. Let's compare the 30-06, 300 Win mag, and the Blitzer Rail gun on these 12 gallon jugs of depleted Uranium. Both of the traditional hunting rounds were pretty ineffective, but Blitzer easily penetrated all 12 jugs. Ok you genius White Tail's thinking you can go to depleted Uranium body armor. We got your body armor!

  • @keithshackleton3173
    @keithshackleton3173 4 роки тому +1

    100 miles, 160 kilometers. I will believe it when I see it. Also at that range how does it compensate for the curvature of the earth?

    • @michaelkaran7244
      @michaelkaran7244 3 роки тому

      You mean the corialis effect ? There's an app for that ! Lol

  • @jamesmccluskey1476
    @jamesmccluskey1476 4 роки тому

    hell of alot of fire from that gun mussle.

  • @leepowell4970
    @leepowell4970 5 років тому +14

    Let's see one operating on a ship ?? , and what have you got to keep the electronics from being targeted, this is one question that hasn't been answered

    • @ironwarmonger
      @ironwarmonger 4 роки тому +1

      I can see a return to a Battleship type hall with heavily armored turrets for such a reason. See this seams to suggest the age of the Cruiser and Battle ship might return.

    • @mccari09
      @mccari09 4 роки тому +3

      Pretty sure they would be able to shield the electronics

  • @williamschuman4951
    @williamschuman4951 4 роки тому

    I'll take two please.

  • @whiteclifffl
    @whiteclifffl 5 років тому +6

    Does the projectile in a perfectly straight flight path at Mach 7?
    If so, how is the curvature of the earth calculated?

    • @warvideos2108
      @warvideos2108 5 років тому

      Are you dumb or what, it doesnt fucking matter

    • @johnpainter3426
      @johnpainter3426 5 років тому +1

      It’s a conventional ballistic path. So far. So during its flight it’s dropping just like bullets do. Need to go farther raise the barrel.

    • @onlythewise1
      @onlythewise1 4 роки тому

      so target are twenty miles away

    • @805_6HUNNIT
      @805_6HUNNIT 4 роки тому

      Good question...in theory it should just fly into “space” right? Unless.....

    • @onlythewise1
      @onlythewise1 4 роки тому

      @@805_6HUNNIT how about gravity

  • @yourdrummer2034
    @yourdrummer2034 2 роки тому

    The Navy has ditched the rail gun for hyper sonic missile systems instead.

  • @lynn69jackson
    @lynn69jackson 5 років тому +6

    This is nothing new. Louis Octave Fauchon-Villeplee patented the rail cannon in 1922.

    • @secondlayer7898
      @secondlayer7898 3 роки тому +1

      Making this weapon a practical weapon is new

  • @GrooberNedJardine
    @GrooberNedJardine 5 років тому +14

    As long as your electricity works when you need it .

    • @samanthalovecock6835
      @samanthalovecock6835 5 років тому

      first thing i thought to

    • @johnpainter3426
      @johnpainter3426 5 років тому +3

      Nuke reactors on ships are the usual power source in the navy. Perhaps the army will adopt portable nuke reactors?

    • @johnpainter3426
      @johnpainter3426 5 років тому +4

      Albert Moore the military is very much prepared for EMP. Think about the bomber dropping a nuclear bomb. They must be EMP proof to survive dropping the first bomb. In the 1980s I worked on EMP hardened systems. They’re bound to be even better now. One computer system was tested using a 200k volt probe, arcing it to the system backplane. It made it stutter but not fail. Then the put it in a magnetic shielding alloy box that’s a full faraday cage. Optical feed throughs were tested to replace the existing ceramic capacitor feedthroughs. And none of that tech was classified. ‘The good stuff’ must be even better. The railgun itself subjects the round to immense EMF by the nature of how it works.

    • @johnpainter3426
      @johnpainter3426 5 років тому +2

      Albert Moore first hand experience. EMP is a civilian problem. It’s costly to comprehensively protect against. I’ve watched EMP testing of a lot of equipment.

    • @johnpainter3426
      @johnpainter3426 4 роки тому +1

      WinterBornActual the ones I used were on airborne recon systems. But humvee systems are EMP proof. Military aircraft are EMP proof. The weak links are military bases. They have minimal hardening, but they also house hardened equipment. And for places that are carrier port of calls, the carrier can, though it’s unlikely they would, power a small town. They have equipment to do electrical grid tie-ins. The other flight ready systems I got hands on with were computer systems with EMP hardening and spectacularly isolated systems and tolerance to high voltage arcing. A common test was to crack the case, and use a high voltage generator to arc to the buss boards, power supply’s, cpus, etc. stutters in processing were allowed, but crashes or harder failures weren’t permissible. The other end of the spectrum I worked was ... why build to mil spec when we can build and deploy 10s or 100s for the same cost and get even better results. The Vietnam war era ‘fake poo’ sensors were a great example of that to the extreme, and the ‘skeet’ anti-tank weapon on the more practical side.

  • @mccari09
    @mccari09 4 роки тому +1

    25 grand for 1 round?!? What the actual fuck... it’s probably made with less than 1 thousand

  • @surgery6862
    @surgery6862 5 років тому +5

    Will.this work in an emp environment?

  • @shanemeyer9224
    @shanemeyer9224 Рік тому

    I still cant beleive that rail gun projectile cost $25K that I could make on my lathe lol

  • @alanheath7056
    @alanheath7056 4 роки тому

    A missile does course correction and believe would miss. Thoe would be good on a Low Orbit drone bomber.

  • @andrewglennon9760
    @andrewglennon9760 4 роки тому

    Emp safe?

  • @George-nt8uw
    @George-nt8uw 4 роки тому +2

    Yeah! I have seen some of your other super guns on ships trying to stop pirates in the Indian Ocean. The only thing they do consistently is miss and that is very short range. Your rail gun that will hit a warhead to destroy it by sheer kinetic energy does not give me that warm fuzzy feeling. Unfortunately, when your new gun fails I may not be able to complain.

  • @barryallender4861
    @barryallender4861 3 роки тому

    So when will we see them on our ships and even tanks.

  • @idaspudman
    @idaspudman 5 років тому +4

    Dang....I'm sure that projectile round is pretty special...but $25,000 each? Holy crap! I must be missing something here. Cool gun never the less!

    • @pauljackson2409
      @pauljackson2409 5 років тому +1

      That's what I thought at first, but if you look at the video you'll see that they are not 'dumb' projectiles, but can be guided in-flight and triggered to disintegrate into shrapnel when close to the target.

    • @FO_Biggles
      @FO_Biggles 5 років тому

      Like Chris Rock's $5000 bullet.

    • @ronskancke8166
      @ronskancke8166 4 роки тому

      Yes 25k seems like a lot of money but is peanuts compared to missiles & smart bombs.

  • @mickeyfilmer5551
    @mickeyfilmer5551 5 років тому

    This has already been used against a ufo as captured on film by the space station and widely available. When I can find the link again I will put it up here.

    • @bustonio
      @bustonio 5 років тому +2

      What flavor of Kool Aid do you drink ?

  • @timschutte6924
    @timschutte6924 5 років тому

    , but does it all work in a real world attack ?

  • @C99631
    @C99631 3 роки тому

    Eliminates propellants! Needs 3 trucks linked together and a command station.

  • @joewoodchuck3824
    @joewoodchuck3824 4 роки тому

    Faster than a spéeding bullet? It IS a bullet. Apparently it's faster than itself.

  • @commandlion8667
    @commandlion8667 6 років тому +2

    So much for Brahmos.

    • @bestamerica
      @bestamerica 4 роки тому

      hi C L...
      '
      ha ha...
      brahmos and bullet round are big different weapons

  • @bestamerica
    @bestamerica 4 роки тому

    '
    do this bullet round have a high powerful TNT powder inside...
    can destroy enemy ship / tank / missile / rocket / plane

  • @daniolam8113
    @daniolam8113 4 роки тому

    The mobile version is too bog once assembled with 3 vehicles ( easy to spot and target),

  • @manfredsmith8770
    @manfredsmith8770 5 років тому +2

    I wonder how many solar panels would be needed to make this gun Environmental friendly... 😂

    • @BGoff
      @BGoff  5 років тому

      A bazillion!

    • @ricardosantiago7694
      @ricardosantiago7694 4 роки тому

      There is no nothing environmental in military stuffs.

  • @vincentprincipato9234
    @vincentprincipato9234 5 років тому

    There goes Chicom islands

  • @billdaniels3179
    @billdaniels3179 4 роки тому

    The only thing is it's electric and enemy has ways to destroy electronics so what happens then if they jam the signal take out the generator is that the end

  • @jessicaharwood9350
    @jessicaharwood9350 4 роки тому +1

    If This is one of the best weapons in the military's Arsenal why are they showing this

  • @aft3r-lif382
    @aft3r-lif382 Рік тому

    Also its barrel is destroyed after 3 shots and has to be replaced so no it's not cheaper at all lol.... so 750,000 for 3 shots if you only count the ammo. If I'm right the barrel is literally 80 percent of the cannon.... so hypersonic missile's are probably the way to go for now at least.

  • @jackburnett2810
    @jackburnett2810 4 роки тому +3

    How does a 20 pound hunk of milled steel cost $25,000?

    • @kspicer3132
      @kspicer3132 4 роки тому

      maybe its depleted uranium?

    • @mikewillis9537
      @mikewillis9537 4 роки тому

      Because the U.S. is willing to pay that much for it

    • @spaceman081447
      @spaceman081447 3 роки тому

      @Jack Burnett
      RE: "How does a 20 pound hunk of milled steel cost $25,000?"
      I can think of two reasons off the top of my head. (1) It might be made of a particular and specialized alloy. (2) It might require precision machining to very tight tolerances.

  • @tomlame4371
    @tomlame4371 4 роки тому +1

    Yeah wish I had 25,000 just to throw out the winder

  • @JustJimus
    @JustJimus 4 роки тому +1

    Very cool toy. Impressive firepower. I think the barrel melts after one shot though, lol.

  • @michaelosborn3946
    @michaelosborn3946 4 роки тому

    Sorry laser can cut thru stand is more leathle

  • @publickdefendrr8101
    @publickdefendrr8101 4 роки тому

    I thought he was going to say $25 per projectile! No wonder we're so far in debt 🙄

    • @publickdefendrr8101
      @publickdefendrr8101 4 роки тому

      @J Calhoun Even that is ridiculously expensive.. I've heard from more than one person that if you have a wholesale business and want to sell shit to our Government, then you should at least double your price or the gov will think your product isn't very good! That is totally ass backwards thinking 🙄

  • @huntersafratowich8609
    @huntersafratowich8609 4 роки тому

    Damn

  • @aft3r-lif382
    @aft3r-lif382 Рік тому

    5 years later and last I heard China has already fielded it on their naval vessels and USA still has not left the lab with it....

  • @timothyunderwood7880
    @timothyunderwood7880 4 роки тому +1

    How do you guide a railgun projectile going Mach 7? It's impossible.

  • @leoli2450
    @leoli2450 4 роки тому

    Hanate kokoro ni kizanda yume wo...

  • @georgekoroneos3892
    @georgekoroneos3892 4 роки тому +1

    It's quite strong but the whole point is what is it's firing speed let's assumed that there is an attack of various missiles at the same target then what could be its full advantage??? Can it annixilated all of the incoming missiles. Since this is very vital the enemy not to breaked through of the defenses therefore I'm of the opinion that the existence of this kind of weapon better to keep in secret from the beginning & only usted it.in war only since its.possible the russians & chinese.they Will.worked on that.stuff to produces their own.version & put.it in active service.

  • @vincentprincipato9234
    @vincentprincipato9234 5 років тому +9

    There goes the S400.

    • @analphabet1996
      @analphabet1996 3 роки тому

      Good thing is that the S500 is in service next year. So 8643,6kph is real slow. The S500 can engage targets with a speed of 25.000kph. So? Trash that project?

  • @timelwood2555
    @timelwood2555 3 роки тому

    And when the ships power is killed by a tactical emp it becomes a defenseless sitting duck

  • @GH-if5xw
    @GH-if5xw 4 роки тому

    Kim of NKorea will be pleased.

  • @charlesoberg5703
    @charlesoberg5703 4 роки тому

    They were promising 40 pound shells at mach nine 15 years ago. What happened to that? 150 miles up into space to come down on a ballistic trajectory 350 miles away, bring the New Jersey and the mighty Mo out of retirement, strip those sixteen inchers off and refit with a few dozen railguns.
    THINK OF THE MAYHEM, THE MAYHEM!!!

  • @Rio-by1eh
    @Rio-by1eh 4 роки тому +2

    Why would anybody want to disclose this technology ?

    • @ChildovGhad
      @ChildovGhad 4 роки тому +1

      The concept has been known for decades, and anyone with the resources has been working on perfecting it for a long time. It has never been a secret.

    • @williamhoskins7818
      @williamhoskins7818 4 роки тому

      SALESMAN!

  • @huntersafratowich8609
    @huntersafratowich8609 4 роки тому

    Looks fun to shoot squirrels with

  • @paulmicheldenverco1
    @paulmicheldenverco1 4 роки тому

    I hope the Russians and Chinese do not have the technological capacity to make rail guns of their own. Eventually they will be replaced by laser weapons that fire at the speed of light. If Maach 7 is fast, how about the speed of light? I don't even know the shorthand for that. I wonder if at some point they might have drones with railguns on them and they attack by swarm and automatically find and eliminate targets. Just watching the test fires in slowmo is super cool.

  • @brake1adam
    @brake1adam 4 роки тому

    Impressive technology... amazing... freedom isn't cheap but it is advanced...

  • @dariusjaeger244
    @dariusjaeger244 4 роки тому

    Advanced containment launcher, barf

  • @bustonio
    @bustonio 5 років тому

    23 lb projectile (solid throughout) going Mach 7 (over 5000 mph) will not curve to its target 100 miles away. This is a line of sight weapon. 100 miles is 6666 feet of curvature. Anyone going to embarrass themselves and try to explain this one away ?

    • @329787
      @329787 5 років тому +1

      Yes you are correct. Even at mach 7, about 1 mile in 1 sec, firing straight at a target, the projectile would hit 16 feet low. distance = 0.5gt^2 g is the acceleration of gravity and t is time. distance = 0.5*32*(1)^2 = 16 feet. With a 100 second flight time for 100 mile range, the drop would be dist = 0.5*32*100^2 = 160000 feet or 30 miles!!! Certainly has to fired ballistically. The projectile will have be aimed ballistically. This video mentions that the projectile will have to be guided and also mentions a proximity fuze will trigger the projectile to explode near the target. This increases the apparent size of the projectile. Also in that one second of flight, the target has moved several thousand feet and therefor must lead the target. My understanding so far this would operate similar to the CIWS Phalanx. Radar in a closed loop feedback system to bring the gun aim point on target. But this projectile is larger and could also be fitted with "on projectile" guidance to be fire and forget. The video mentions @2:39 "out bound projectiles are tracked and guided" so they can hit the incoming target. So instead of a CIWS with a range of 1-2 miles, I'm thinking this would be a CIWS with a range of 100 miles. The army cancelled their long range GPS guided 155mm howizter 155 mm/62 (6.1") Mark 51 Advanced Gun System (AGS). These shells have powder to fire out the cannon, and explosives to destroy the target. This rail gun will have neither powder to fire or explosives to kill. But will kill with kinetic energy but will still need some time of guidance. But these projectiles will be much smaller and with no power/explosives they are much safer to store on a ship. All the aircraft carriers and large ships we lost in WW2 were lost mostly due to secondary explosions from the artillery shells.

    • @329787
      @329787 5 років тому +1

      Adding to my own comment. I ignored the curvature of the earth. But the firing ballistics and radar guidance would account for that. Although for radar guidance at 100 miles it probably could not be a ship board radar but maybe the E2C hawkeye airborne radar. Also in 100 second the projectile would not quite drop 30 miles but much less. I ignored air resistance and the resulting terminal velocity perpendicular to the line of sight.

  • @dirkstarbuck6126
    @dirkstarbuck6126 4 роки тому +1

    Great! Now build a system that can track a hypersonic missile and we’re in business!

    • @dnkypnch7442
      @dnkypnch7442 4 роки тому +1

      If they did you think they would tell the public?

    • @dirkstarbuck6126
      @dirkstarbuck6126 4 роки тому +2

      dnky pnch Yes.Because then China and Russia will know we have it. That’s how we found out they have it; they announced it to their public. It’s called deterrence. This isn’t a poker game where you hold your best card until the end of the game. Hundreds, thousands or perhaps millions of lives depend on it. We don’t want an actual war. So when we have it, we’ll announce it and let them know.

    • @dnkypnch7442
      @dnkypnch7442 4 роки тому +1

      @@dirkstarbuck6126 there's a reason things have top secret clearance. If you really think the u.s military is going to let the world know what they have in their arsenal you're pretty ignorant.

    • @dirkstarbuck6126
      @dirkstarbuck6126 4 роки тому +2

      It’s true the US has a lot of classified weapons technology. So I’m not ignorant of that. That isn’t what I was talking talking about in general. And that’s not what I was talking about in this specific thread.
      In answer to your comment, this is what I’m talking about: The US can show a video of a weapons system intercepting a hypersonic missile. That won’t in itself reveal the technology or operational methods used to deploy that system. It will just let people know the US has it. Again, that serves as a deterrent to their adversaries demonstrating that an attack can be countered. It also serves to demonstrate to the American people that the government is ready to meet threats from foreign powers. You see this kind of thing when the US Air Force does elephant walks with their air craft or releases photos of ICBM test launches or when the US Navy sails in large convoys for photos. It’s the same thing. And though you see a photo or video of those things, in no way are their operational or technological capabilities being revealed. But it serves the purposes I mentioned above.
      So you like to calls names and write with a snarky attitude? Thank you for contributing to trash talking online culture that’s developed over the years. It’s easy when you don’t have to do it face to face. I hope you feel big and important.

    • @dnkypnch7442
      @dnkypnch7442 4 роки тому +1

      @@dirkstarbuck6126 so calling you ignorant is trash talking? Im not being snarky I geniunly think you're ignorant on the subject. Why would the u.s show something like that? Thus letting the enemy know we have something that powerful in our arsenal. Making other countries want to either try to replicate or steal the information on how to create their own. You don't advertise to the world your best weapons. Also yes I do feel big and important

  • @johnwolf1475
    @johnwolf1475 5 років тому +6

    What they won't tell you.. made in China, assembled in Mexico and tested IN USA

    • @scotttousey227
      @scotttousey227 5 років тому

      That may be an understatement

    • @Dan-zc7ut
      @Dan-zc7ut 4 роки тому

      Tested in the USA, made by the British aerodynamical engineering systems for the British Navy and The US navy. The initial research was done in Britain. The USA are just customers

    • @johnwood1948
      @johnwood1948 4 роки тому

      British, built by BAe

  • @spaceman081447
    @spaceman081447 3 роки тому

    U.S. Military's Most Powerful Cannon - Electromagnetic Rail-gun Shoots 100 miles - Mach 7
    m = mass of kinetic kill projectile = 23 lb = 10.43 kg
    v = velocity of kinetic kill projectile = Mach 7 = 5,329 mph = 2,382 m/s
    KE = kinetic energy of kinetic kill projectile in joules = to be determined

    KE = 0.5mv²
    KE = 0.5(10.43 kg)(2,382 m/s)²
    KE = 2.96E+07 J

    For Comparison . . .
    4.20E+06 J = energy released by explosion of 1 kilogram of TNT
    1.00E+07 J = kinetic energy of the armor-piercing round fired by the assault guns of the ISU-152 tank
    2.96E+07 J = kinetic energy of kinetic kill projectile
    6.30E+07 J = theoretical minimum energy required to accelerate 1 kg of matter to escape velocity from Earth's surface (ignoring atmosphere)

  • @alfreddenofre7195
    @alfreddenofre7195 5 років тому +1

    Let's get it installed and get deployed

  • @noelpaneda4201
    @noelpaneda4201 5 років тому +1

    If buy Philippines like that 2 units Destroyer 2 units frigates ship power cannon eleromagnetic rail gun no one can bully again Philippines..

  • @brent847
    @brent847 5 років тому +2

    omg those military animations look like they were made in the 70s