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RobotCriminal -> RE: Is this one Modeled? I would like to try it out..Railgun (2/13/2015 4:39:49 PM)
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ORIGINAL: jtoatoktoe
But the railgun may go on the 3rd Zumwalt. I think originally they were suppose to be on them, but the technology hasn't progressed far enough for the first 2 at this point. Maybe later on they can add it.
Yeah its something the navy is still currently working on, I actually have a close friend who is part of the project (not the railgun itself, the electrical components "behind" it so to speak).
The Zumwalt class is unique in that it is (currently) one of the only ships that can produce enough power for a railgun thanks to being designed with an electric drive, so if it is successful on the 3rd of the class I wouldn't be surprised to see it retrofitted to the other 2. Someone here is probably a lot more knowledgeable than me on that though. [;)]
Anyway here is a pretty recent article on it, looks like the idea is to do a setup with 1 AGS and 1 railgun:
news.usni.org/2015/02/05/navy-considering-railgun-third-zumwalt-destroyer
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