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Centrifugal weapon could deliver stealth firepower

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Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-05-19 13:35|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A gun that spits out ball bearings after spinning them to extreme speeds is being developed by a US inventor.

Was this a joint effort with PepsiCo?

Posted by BH 2005-05-19 13:43|| 2005-05-19 13:43|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm still for a mass driver or Gauss rifle. Just think, a 250lb watermelon size slug of metal hitting a target at speeds nearing Mach 2. Vaporizing goodness...

Posted by mmurray821 2005-05-19 13:50|| 2005-05-19 13:50|| Front Page Top

#3 How do you aim and point the thing? The spinning mass in the weapon will act as a spinning gyroscope. After it's spinning, it'll be an absolute bitch to point.

Posted by Dave 2005-05-19 15:13|| 2005-05-19 15:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Just cut the spacing by 8.5 mm and it's called a spear.

Posted by Tom 2005-05-19 15:29|| 2005-05-19 15:29|| Front Page Top

#5 How about a gauss-powered needle gun spitting 0.01mm needles at just short of lightspeed?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-05-19 15:45|| 2005-05-19 15:45|| Front Page Top

#6 The gyroscopic twist can be counteracted by a disk spinning counter to the slug thrower.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2005-05-19 15:46|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-05-19 15:46|| Front Page Top

#7 A friend, an engineer and a gun collector said this:

bull.

The writer has a poor grasp of physics.

"Zero recoil" - countered by gyroscopic effect on aiming.
"catastrophic explosion ...is zero" - watch that disk shatter and spall.
"a weapon that doesn't jam" - right
"So, identifying the gun itself with IR (infrared) sensors will be impossible" - friction?
"So, identifying the gun itself with IR (infrared) sensors will be impossible" - detect the RF emissions of the spinner?

Posted by 3dc 2005-05-19 20:10|| 2005-05-19 20:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Wasn't this in Diamond Age, but with nanotech?

Posted by Asedwich">Asedwich 2005-05-19 20:12|| 2005-05-19 20:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Centrifugal weapon could deliver stealth firepower

Catapult !

Thanks , I'll take the grant money please . Â£25,650,000 you say ? Great ! I'll buy the dinner .

Posted by MacNails 2005-05-19 20:56|| 2005-05-19 20:56|| Front Page Top

#10 how about a light saber

Posted by mhw 2005-05-19 21:02|| 2005-05-19 21:02|| Front Page Top

#11 Light sabres will break if you clash two together.

Posted by Get Real 2005-05-19 21:08|| 2005-05-19 21:08|| Front Page Top

#12 "Don't cross the streams!"

Aww now you've gone and done it. Prepare to be slimed.

Posted by .com 2005-05-19 21:15|| 2005-05-19 21:15|| Front Page Top

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