Re: Stagnation and innovation in RMN thinking
PostPosted:Sat Dec 07, 2019 4:07 am
I would like to note that the magnetic accelerators are still how missiles are shot from the tubes, and that they were just coming into use in the RMN during the Travis Long era (and then only the Casey had them)
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Thomas Hathaway wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:46 pm
In the more early days of the RMN (the Travis Long era) magnetic drivers were used to accelerate missiles out of the tubes. Also in that era (and even more recently) kinetic weapons were used in defense in the form of point defense autocannons. The closest we get to a true kinetic energy weapon in the modern era is the counter missile. However, this relies on the countermissile's wedge intercepting the wedge of an incoming attack bird rather than a true kill.