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Navy Researching Firing Mach 5 Guided Round from Standard Deck Guns
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| June 1, 2015
| By Sam LaGrone
Posted on 06/01/2015 6:15:44 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee
but what good are they going to be against global warming? /s
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posted on
06/01/2015 6:17:23 PM PDT
by
dp0622
To: Brad from Tennessee
Can they hit Mecca from the Red Sea?
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posted on
06/01/2015 6:17:26 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Interesting to an old Navy man like me.
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posted on
06/01/2015 6:17:40 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(A free society canÂ’t let the parameters of its speech be set by murderous extremists.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Does it come in a size 16 ;-)
Ed
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posted on
06/01/2015 6:21:17 PM PDT
by
husky ed
(FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Sometimes lobbing a shell the size of a Volkswagen Bug at Point du Hoc can make quit an impression.
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posted on
06/01/2015 6:23:45 PM PDT
by
Jumper
To: Brad from Tennessee
Will anyone use it to protect the territorial integrity of the once great nation? No.
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posted on
06/01/2015 6:26:07 PM PDT
by
The Toll
To: Brad from Tennessee
They’re busy revving up the powerful Mach 5!
And when the odds are against .... oh nevermind.
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posted on
06/01/2015 6:29:22 PM PDT
by
Forgotten Amendments
(Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
To: Forgotten Amendments
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posted on
06/01/2015 6:31:21 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Claire Wolfe should check her watch. It's time.)
To: Paladin2
“Can they hit Mecca from the Red Sea?”
Probably. The rail gun has a range of over 300 miles I don’t know what the range of these would be but I would think it is substantial
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posted on
06/01/2015 6:40:27 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Genius at Large)
About $150 to YELLOW! (90%)
Any takers?
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06/01/2015 6:49:36 PM PDT
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RedMDer
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To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
06/01/2015 6:50:36 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
At that kind of velocity from a rifled barrel, how do they keep the projectile from self-destructing in flight?
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posted on
06/01/2015 7:00:44 PM PDT
by
Flatus I. Maximus
(Obstruct. Oppose. Overthrow. Obama.)
To: Flatus I. Maximus
The barrel would probably be made smooth with the round saboted.
To: Paladin2
Not before January 20, 2017!
To: husky ed
I was thinking the same thing. Is it too late to bring the New Jersey back?
To: Brad from Tennessee
The HVPs from a traditional deck gun will be slower than one launched from a railgun a little over Mach 5 versus Mach 7 but still double the speed of an unguided regular shell from the services Mk 45 five-inch gun found on its guided missile cruisers and destroyers, according to information from NAVSEA. The published muzzle velocity of the Mk 45 is 2650 fps or Mach 3.5
So how are they going to get the guided munition from Mach 3.5 to 5.0?
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posted on
06/01/2015 7:59:22 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Flatus I. Maximus
[BAE Systems Hyper Velocity Projectile]
Since it’s a kinetic energy projectile the solid core is made from tungsten carbide or some heat resistant alloy.
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posted on
06/01/2015 7:59:49 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Can’t wait to get my hands on one of these and take it to the range....
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posted on
06/01/2015 8:04:51 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Pontiac
[The published muzzle velocity of the Mk 45 is 2650 fps or Mach 3.5 So how are they going to get the guided munition from Mach 3.5 to 5.0?]
Don't know but I found this:
Naval Sea Systems Command is also looking to fire a version of the hyper velocity projectile (HVP) developed for Navy electromagnetic railguns from conventional 5-inch deck guns. The shell would travel at Mach 5 rather than Mach 7, but still be twice as fast as a regular unguided 5-inch shell. Using the HVP could give existing destroyers and cruisers better ability to engage land, air, and missile threats and allow more time to refine the railgun. The HVP would be a cheaper solution to intercepting incoming missiles than a missile interceptor costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Converting the HVP to fire from conventional guns is not yet a program of record.[8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=5%22/54_caliber_Mark_45_gun
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06/01/2015 8:13:25 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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