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  1. Agent23

    Railguns!

    Good thing we have more and more ships that are being propelled by nuclear power, then. ;) Wider adoption of nuclear propulsion for sea transport is definitely on my why aren't we funding this list. Also, I am pretty sure that those anti-hypersonic railguns will be in part ground-based and...
  2. Agent23

    Railguns!

    For artillery maybe. For anti-missile defense you probably need volume and speed rather than size and range. Something the British had to relearn during the Battle of Jutland. Despite having a ton of procedures for storage and handling of cordite, they decided to disregard them which led to the...
  3. Agent23

    Railguns!

    yeah, they are totally not trying to counter the Chinese knockoff.
  4. Agent23

    Railguns!

    What you need for counter-missile fire when the enemy is fast, maneuverable and flying low is the ability to blanket the space where he might be after 10 seconds with lots of metal. Counter-missiles would have to be faster and more maneuverable and more numerous to stop hypersonic weapons. A...
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