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Chaos025@aol.com
Sun, 12 Nov 2000 15:11:25 EST
In a message dated 11/11/00 2:40:51 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
lim_jyue@pacific.net.sg writes:
> Oooh, I get it. The magnetic flux in a railgun
> will induce an electrical current within the round,
> which, if fitted with a electrically-detonated
> explosive (like C4) would promptly go boom, right?
> Good one!
>
> And if we don't use a electrically-detonated
> explosive, the acceleration compression of the
> explosive might be sufficient to set it off too --
> boom again.
Something like that. :)
My point was that you are either going to fire inert crowbars or active
missiles, not some hybrid of the two.
> Not to mention that high heat can set off
> explosives as well -- and plasma is about as hot
> as they come. =)
Surprisingly, not really. You can burn most explosive with little to no
harmful effects (other than the release of a few toxic gases). Dynamite burns
very nicely, much hotter than dry wood. C4 also burns quite nicely, but
release a very pungent odder, Kind of like burnt soap. Come to think of it,
the only explosives I remember that are detonated through combustion are all
black powder and cordite derivatives.
> Not ship-killers -- colony-killers. One of these
> is practically unstoppable. You can try to deflect this,
> but a small version used from the moon to destroy
> colonies is more than feasible.. *Shudder*.
No deflection, the momentum would be far to great to over come in such a
short period of time. A really good Point Defense System, if it were on the
ball, may have a chance, but probably not.
> Ahm.. Isn't EMP on the high range of the EM
> spectrum? Or is it on the low end?
I would say that high energy Electro-Magnetic Pluses will be in the most
inconveinent portion of the EM spectrum, as seen for a military point of view.
SJ
EXO Mechanical Editor & Mecha Designer
http://www.exo-armor.com
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