[Bobalu]

Make one large enough and you could launch ballistic payloads at targets more than 1000mi distant. Would take a reactor
and a heck of a lot of BIG capacitors....would be fun to
see in action.

[JDW11235]

I bet they could have deployable fins and a guidance system, and make missile obsolete someday. It’s amazing, because anything you hear about is YEARS behind technologically. (Unless you are “in the know.”)

[MrEdd]

More importanly, this tilts the ballance from favoring jet aircraft...to favoring antiaircraft guns.

[GonzoGOP]

Make one large enough and you could launch ballistic payloads at targets more than 1000mi distant.

A 21st century version of the Paris Gun. Accuracy would stink, there is just too much turbulence experienced in atmospheric reentry to hit a pinpoint target. And the EM flux from the firing would fry any electronics in the shell so GPS terminal guidance is probably a non starter. But as a terror weapon it has potential.