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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,943 posts) Thu Jan 24, 2019, 08:22 PM Jan 2019

US Army wants a cannon that can hit Chinese warships in the South China Sea from 1,000 miles away

The US Army wants a cannon that can fire a round over 1,000 miles, with the aim to blow a hole in Chinese warships in the South China Sea should a conflict occur, according to Army senior leadership.

China has one of the world's largest navies, and there is significant evidence that it intends to use its growing military might to drive the US out of the region.

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US Army wants a cannon that can hit Chinese warships in the South China Sea from 1,000 miles away (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Jan 2019 OP

Ever heard of a missle? calguy Jan 2019 #1

Really? That'd be pretty impressive get the trajectory right ... mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #2

I assume it would be steerable like the Copperhead round. EX500rider Jan 2019 #5

Yeah. Hit em with that WW-I technology. lpbk2713 Jan 2019 #3

These days, we tend to use cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles. backscatter712 Jan 2019 #9

Pfft, soon come, this will be the orange anus' Space Force bailiwick Brother Buzz Jan 2019 #4

i want a pony Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #6

Great. And then what? C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #7

Not even if the MAGA hats were made in China? keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #8

calguy

(5,351 posts)

1. Ever heard of a missle?

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 08:35 PM

Jan 2019

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

2. Really? That'd be pretty impressive get the trajectory right ...

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 08:37 PM

Jan 2019

One hell of a 'lob job' to account for the earth curve and everything. Plus the wind and all that ...

Btw, what if the ship, you know, moves during the 10 minutes (or whatever) it takes after you fire the payload?

EX500rider

(10,891 posts)

5. I assume it would be steerable like the Copperhead round.

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 08:56 PM

Jan 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M712_Copperhead

lpbk2713

(42,774 posts)

3. Yeah. Hit em with that WW-I technology.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 08:43 PM

Jan 2019

A drone would be much more effective.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

9. These days, we tend to use cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles.

Reply to lpbk2713 (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 10:21 PM

Jan 2019

That's today's state-of-the-art in blow-shit-up.

IIRC, the Navy's doing a lot of research into railguns - accelerate a metal projectile to insane speeds (Mach 5+) with big lines of electromagnets and send it to smash the Bad Guys into fine red mist. Essentially a big, expensive, but very high-tech cannon.