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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday October 25 2017, @08:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the faster-plinking dept.

The Navy plans to fire 5-inch diameter non-explosive projectiles from deck-mounted railguns:

The Navy plans to fire a high-speed, long-range rail-gun Hypervelocity Projectile from its deck-mounted 5-inch guns to destroy enemy drones, ships, incoming missiles and even submarines, service officials said.

The effort is led by a special Future Naval Capability program.

Navy officials say the program is leveraging commercial electronics miniaturization and computational performance increases to develop a common guided projectile for use in current 5 inch guns and future high velocity gun systems. The HVP effort will seek to increase range and accuracy of the 5-Inch Gun Weapon System in support of multiple mission areas, service developers told Warrior.

Developed initially for an Electromagnetic Rail Gun next-generation weapon, The Hyper Velocity Projectile, or HVP, can travel at speeds up to 2,000 meters per second when fired from a Rail Gun, a speed which is about three times that of most existing weapons.

BAE Systems Hyper Velocity Projectile. 5-inch gun. Found at NBF.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @01:27AM (13 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @01:27AM (#587659)

    I knew there was something missing...
    we really needed a drill sergeant to crack the whip here at SN.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 26 2017, @02:33AM (12 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 26 2017, @02:33AM (#587673) Journal

    Navy, boot. If you want a drill sergeant, you'll want to consider the Marines. Although, you will find Marines aboard ship. I don't think they still operate guns anymore aboard ship, though. They did though - that was the origin of the rank "Gunnery Sergeant".

    • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:08AM (11 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:08AM (#587698) Journal

      Go to bed, old man. No one gives a damn about your war stories.

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      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 26 2017, @02:11PM (10 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 26 2017, @02:11PM (#587806) Journal

        Oh, am I keeping you awake? Sorry, old woman. Now, where is that croquette mallet? I'll help you to get to sleep . . .

        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday October 26 2017, @05:27PM (9 children)

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday October 26 2017, @05:27PM (#587893) Journal

          You wish, you fat sack of shit. If you're in your 40s I'm at least 10 years younger than you and could outrun you in my sleep. Face it, you're old and weak and no one gives a damn about you or your bullshit half-made-up war stories.

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          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
          • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 26 2017, @06:20PM (8 children)

            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 26 2017, @06:20PM (#587921) Journal

            ROFLMAO - I'm not as strong as I used to be, that's true. No one gives a damn? I'll readily believe that few people care very much, but I can keep a conversation going with people who share similar backgrounds. Oh - THAT is your point, is it? People who don't share your background, along with your viewpoints shouldn't be here. This is 'Zumi's private reserve, and I have no business here. Well, hey 'Zumi - tough shit. You're queer, and I'm here, so just get used to it, alright? The amount you care about my war stories is just about ten times what I care for your opinion.

            I do have one question, though. Have you always been this disrespectful of people, or did you have to grow into it?

            You really ought to go back to being amusing, and sometimes informative. Don't be such a bitter old broad. And, yes, 30 is old. Over the hill. You're already beginning to wither. You better enjoy the next five to ten years, 'cause that's all you've got until osteoporosis.

            • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday October 26 2017, @08:49PM (7 children)

              by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday October 26 2017, @08:49PM (#587989) Journal

              Good Lord, I don't think there's a tube of Prep H big enough for that amount of butthurt. If you don't care about my opinion, why in Cthulhu's eldritch unpronounceable name do you keep replying to me?

              Certainly it's not to win a war of insults. You fail miserably at that every time you try. Your sarcasm sucks too. And you seem to think everyone opposed to you wants you not to be here, which is massive projection on your part. And hey, the women on both sides of my family routinely live past 90 :) You, on the other hand, might want to watch your habits a bit more, fatass...

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              I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
              • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 27 2017, @12:57AM (6 children)

                by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 27 2017, @12:57AM (#588078) Journal

                "If you don't care about my opinion, why in Cthulhu's eldritch unpronounceable name do you keep replying to me?"

                Remember that ugly, mangy dog that you and your friends threw stones at on the way to school? It was sordidly amusing, remember? Today, you're the dog.

                • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday October 27 2017, @05:24AM (5 children)

                  by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday October 27 2017, @05:24AM (#588126) Journal

                  Ah, that's the difference between us...I never did and never would do such a thing. You are an entirely incomprehensible level of spiritual ugly to me, and that attempt at an insult, for that reason, didn't hit home. I feel sorry for you, I really do.

                  Listen, Uzzard eventually learned not to go at it with me for extended periods of time, for the very same reason I asked above: if you don't care about my opinion, why do you keep feeling the need to rebut it, to respond to it, to get the last word in? And your responses are so very revealing. I suggest you smarten up and learn what ol' carrion-breath did, and sooner rather than later.

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                  I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 27 2017, @01:43PM (4 children)

                    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 27 2017, @01:43PM (#588217) Journal

                    Now I'm REALLY laughing. You taught TMB that he can't go toe to toe with you? You really taught Buzzard that you are his master/mistress? Maybe TMB will post his version of events here. The fact is probably more like, you just swoon over any man with a big gun, and hate to take "no" for an answer. TMB got tired of watching you cry, so he stopped talking to you.

                    Thirty, you say? Hell, it's way to late for you. The military isn't going to take you, so you can't go get your own big guns to play with. Something tells me that you're not a team player, anyway. Despite movies like Rambo, NO ONE operates a crew served weapon alone. It requires a "crew" to run a crew served weapon.

                    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday October 27 2017, @04:13PM (3 children)

                      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday October 27 2017, @04:13PM (#588276) Journal

                      What the hell was that mess? That was a bunch of non-sequiturs. I have no interest in military affairs for one thing, and for another, you seem to assume I have the kind of weird fascination with guns that men do. At least try and stay on topic. Or stop posting entirely; you're beginning to embarrass yourself with your blatant displays of ammosexuality.

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                      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 27 2017, @05:06PM (2 children)

                        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 27 2017, @05:06PM (#588312) Journal

                        "I have no interest in military affairs"

                        It doesn't matter what your interests might be. Military people have an interest in you, along with every man, woman, and child on the world. Or, maybe you didn't realize that the NSA and the rest of the alphabet soup are military, in nature if not in in name.

                        Want to increase you military IQ about 100% with just one search on the internet? Try "fourth generation warfare". If you dive deeply enough into that hole, you may find that the "military" will soon be irrelevant anyway.

                        Of course, there are three kinds of people in this world. Some few make things happen. Others watch things happen. Most of you just wonder what the hell has happened. Follow that search term, and you MAY be able to watch things happen, and have a clue what is happening. Or not. The sheep are generally content in their holding pens . . .

                        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday October 27 2017, @06:40PM (1 child)

                          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday October 27 2017, @06:40PM (#588358) Journal

                          Okay, I think we're done. If you think I didn't know about this sort of thing--and its precursors dating 50+ years back--well, you being you, I'm not surprised. Run along with your little...heh...5-inch gun (you wish).

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                          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                          • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 28 2017, @01:35AM

                            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday October 28 2017, @01:35AM (#588497) Journal

                            You were done a long time ago, but weren't smart enough to understand that. And, no, you don't get away with that irrationality. "I have no interest in military affairs" but you know all about where warfare is headed. If you've bothered to learn all about it, then you have an interest.

                            Since you're so very smart, why don't you explain it all to me?