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Nice! I love it! The very first step to my BB dream!
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Nice! I love it! The very first step to my BB dream!
Nice! I love it! The very first step to my BB dream!
Nice! I love it! The very first step to my BB dream!
Safety is always our top priority. So we will do the charge test at a much safe place, for example on the west wing of the nine-dash line in the South China Sea.
And we got idiot claim those claim are boasting and tall order that never happen . @Kiss_of_the_Dragonhttp://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2017-10/10/content_33075939.htm
This news in October last year was credible indeed.
Technology feat gives Navy futuristic weapon
By Zhao Lei | China Daily USA | Updated: 2017-10-10 07:30
China has developed electromagnetic launch technologies that allow the People's Liberation Army to build a futuristic naval weapon described as game-changing - an electromagnetic railgun.
According to a news release from the PLA Naval University of Engineering in Wuhan, Hubei province, Rear Admiral Ma Weiming, the university's top researcher, has designed electromagnetic launch systems as part of "a key national defense program".
More than 100 Chinese experts in the field, including 40 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, were "ecstatic" at a briefing when they saw what Ma had achieved.
Ma's team mastered the cutting-edge technology. Engineers continue to make breakthroughs in this regard, having designed several pieces of equipment and techniques that no one else in the world has created, the university said.
This is the first time that the Chinese military has officially confirmed its railgun program, though the release did not give further details about the program.
Based on electromagnetic force, a railgun uses a pair of conductive rails to launch projectiles and enables them to attain an extremely high speed. The projectile normally does not contain explosives as artillery shells do, but employs its strong kinetic energy generated by the high speed to inflict damage on a target.
This weapon is widely believed to be capable of revolutionizing future naval warfare as its power, range and speed are much better than explosive-powered guns currently mounted on combat ships, experts say.
Chen Hu, editor-in-chief of World Military Affairs magazine, said an electromagnetic railgun is able to carry out anti-ship and land attacks as well as aircraft and missile defense operations, enabling it to replace all the missiles and guns on a ship.
The United States is known for its funding for the research and development of railguns. The US Navy has tested a railgun several times at its Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Virginia that reportedly can fire a projectile at Mach 7, or seven times the speed of sound, and hit targets at least 160 kilometers away.
The United Kingdom and Japan have also opened research and development on railguns, according to report.
The US science and technology news magazine Popular Science said China has designed and tested at least one railgun prototype, but the PLA had never disclosed such information.
China became capable of deploying railguns on its ships because it has the ability to install an integrated electric-power system, a state-of-the-art technology on naval vessels that only a handful of countries possess, according to the PLA Naval University of Engineering. It noted this was also an achievement of Ma, who in July became one of the first 10 recipients of the PLA's top medal.
A naval weaponry researcher in Beijing who wished to be identified only as Cui said the integrated electric-power system will reshape the trend of combat vessels.
"It will allow electromagnetic railguns to be mounted on ships while current power systems can't handle the vast electricity consumption by the weapon. Ships with railguns will be much mightier than existing ones," he explained. "In addition, the new system will extensively reduce the noise of submarines as they move underwater, improving their fighting capability and survivability."
In an interview with China Central Television in May, Ma said the integrated electric-power system has been used on the nation's new-generation of nuclear submarines.
It’s reported the gun is mounted on a 7,000 ton ship and not 4,000 ton. I don’t know other specs than that. It’s a game of guessing. Maybe we both can ask the PLA or Peng Liyuan. 500 MW to energize the gun is a realistic assumption. If less the distance of the projectile can travel will be shorter. The ship is basically a power generator plant loaded with fuel, transformers, condensators and other electric elements.500MW for a gun? Haha, are you mad?
You didn't notice the small size of the landing ship that mounted with the rail gun? You really believe such a small size ship (4000ton) could carry a 500MW power package? 500MW is equivalent to a normal thermal power plant on the land, no chance for such a small ship to carry with.
The only thing I can tell you is, the power requirement of the rail gun is significantly less than the 500MW threshold that you put.
Safety is always our top priority. So we will do the charge test at a much safe place, for example on the west wing of the nine-dash line in the South China Sea.
It’s better the PLA tests in the waters of your new friend the Philippines.That would indeed solve the potential risks of any unlikely-to-happen accident or failure.
@EastWind
OMG! Time to build a 50000ton BB to carry seven 3-gun turrets! the beast of our age!!!
Either you are mad, or you lack of the common sense of the likely size of a 500MW power pack.It’s reported the gun is mounted on a 7,000 ton ship and not 4,000 ton. I don’t know other specs than that. It’s a game of guessing. Maybe we both can ask the PLA or Peng Liyuan. 500 MW to energize the gun is a realistic assumption. If less the distance of the projectile can travel will be shorter. The ship is basically a power generator plant loaded with fuel, transformers, condensators and other electric elements.
of course this is expensive to the superpower America. They've spent 3.3% of its GDP on military already. But compared to China, China just spends 1.9% of the GDP on military, not just less than USA, even less than 2.3% of Vietnam. China has sufficient room to enhance the military spending further.cost of a railgun ship is extremely high. Even superpower America is reluctant to develop such stuff.
No need to guess.It’s reported the gun is mounted on a 7,000 ton ship and not 4,000 ton. I don’t know other specs than that. It’s a game of guessing. Maybe we both can ask the PLA or Peng Liyuan. 500 MW to energize the gun is a realistic assumption. If less the distance of the projectile can travel will be shorter. The ship is basically a power generator plant loaded with fuel, transformers, condensators and other electric elements.
The gun consumes lots of energy hence mass and cost of a railgun ship is extremely high. Even superpower America is reluctant to develop such stuff.
It’s better the PLA tests in the waters of your new friend the Philippines.
It’s reported the gun is mounted on a 7,000 ton ship and not 4,000 ton. I don’t know other specs than that. It’s a game of guessing. Maybe we both can ask the PLA or Peng Liyuan. 500 MW to energize the gun is a realistic assumption. If less the distance of the projectile can travel will be shorter. The ship is basically a power generator plant loaded with fuel, transformers, condensators and other electric elements.
The gun consumes lots of energy hence mass and cost of a railgun ship is extremely high. Even superpower America is reluctant to develop such stuff.
It’s better the PLA tests in the waters of your new friend the Philippines.
Holy Sh!t !!!Believe it or not, the PLAN has up its sleeve an even bigger EM Gun that is yet to get shipborne.
Interesting time ahead.