Question and Response
Jan. 21st, 2007 12:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
james_davis_nicollChina successfully tests an anti-satellite weapon.
The US demonstrates a rail gun.
The shells from American weapon are said to reach 150 km altitude at their midpoint to the target. From that, I *think* it might be firing the rounds at about 2.5 km/s. This isn't quite enough to let the USN pot away at satellites in Low Earth Orbit @ a grand a shot but it's getting there.
The US demonstrates a rail gun.
The shells from American weapon are said to reach 150 km altitude at their midpoint to the target. From that, I *think* it might be firing the rounds at about 2.5 km/s. This isn't quite enough to let the USN pot away at satellites in Low Earth Orbit @ a grand a shot but it's getting there.
