Bushwacked weapon?
POSTED BY: Crowley
UPDATED: Thursday, July 29, 2004 22:41
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My first impression was a rail gun. I do not claim to be a science whiz or weapons expert, but the trail it left reminded me of those seen in movies like "Eraser" when Arnold used the rail gun weapons. Theoretically rail guns leave a trail from the heat of the projectile travelling at extremely high speeds.
Here is a website done up by Auburn University on rail guns:
http://www.eng.auburn.edu/department/ece/railgun/
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They wouldn't leave that trail in space though.
Yeah, a railgun in the atmosphere would probably look like an old school death ray or something.
Although is the second (third?) time this has come up I would say that that weapon is a plasma weapon with the trail coming from whatever they use to keep the plasma together gradually as it disentagrates. (Projected magnetic bottle?)
However it could a missile on slow with some exotic drive that glows green.
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