Re: [GZG] Railguns

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http://mail.csua.berkeley.edu:8080/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lOn Mon, Dec 13,
2010 at 2:28 PM, Jerry Han <jhan@warpfish.com> wrote:

> I read the article -- the thing I don't understand is that why do
people
> think
> this would replace missiles?	I can see using this at fairly low
ranges,
> when
> you have a line of sight at the target (and anti-air defence just got
a
> hell
> of a lot scarier, if they can get this to work reliably) but, I didn't
> think
> you could shoot over the horizon practically with a railgun, because
> the trajectory is so flat.
>

You fire an arcing shot and control the round with GPS signals. Or so
the
article states. ;-)

Mk