How US Navy Tests its Super Advanced Billion $ Rail Gun Systems

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4 ай бұрын

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@Jaysqualityparts 4 ай бұрын

We used to be able to throw a Volkswagen 23 miles so I guess we’re going back in time.

@idiotheh Ай бұрын

Electric powered guns sound cool

@Nato_552 4 ай бұрын

The mighty US Navy ❤️❤️❤️The Americans have very advanced military technologies ❤❤❤

@garystewart3110 4 ай бұрын

Doesn't matter. In a real world war it would be the most technologically advanced coral reef

@michaelmccarthy4615 4 ай бұрын

Launching solid projectiles is old technology. Missles are getting cheaper, better, and more precise.

@Nato_552 4 ай бұрын

@@michaelmccarthy4615I know, but it really looks awesome and very advanced

@michaelmccarthy4615 4 ай бұрын

@Nato_552 Advanced Technology is using consumer drones to drop hand grenades ...

@trizzybones 4 ай бұрын

@@michaelmccarthy4615 there is nothing advanced about using consumer drones to drop grenades, the words you're looking for are resourceful or scrappy. The tech itself is very basic considering anyone could pretty easily replicate that. As far as the rail gun, while the concept itself is old, an effective rail gun is incredibly advanced tech. It isn't just "launching solid projectiles", it's using extremely strong electromagnetic energy to accurately and repeatedly launch relatively cheap and powerful projectiles without the need for explosives. It's much cheaper per round, safer for crew, easier to manage logistically, faster to target, harder to shoot down, and has greater range than many missiles. That said, it still has a ways to go to perfect, some of the issues they've faced are maintaining the integrity of the barrels after firing such powerful rounds, and having the necessary power to fire each round. The Zumwalt has enough power onboard but they cancelled that ship so they're now looking to make it work on other ships. It may end up that they decide not to pursue it and just focus on things like hypersonics, but that remains to be seen.

@chazz2806 4 ай бұрын

Rail guns won't be ready for deployment until the durability problems of the launch mechanism can be solved.

@decimated550 4 ай бұрын

I remember half my life ago. I began seeing articles and videos about rail guns. I'm now twice as old and this ridiculous technology useless technology is still being tested. It's not going to go anywhere. It's just a fun thing for useless society. Draining military people to have fun with. They know this isn't useful.

@matthewc1062 3 ай бұрын

with the amount of money the US puts into research and development it’s probably already been solved or not far ofd

@chazz2806 3 ай бұрын

@@joshuacook6981 that's part of the durability issue. They can only fire a limited number of projectiles before the launch mechanisms are compromised.

@itscarlos890 2 ай бұрын

@@chazz2806It won't take more than a few launches to shut an enemy down.

@chazz2806 2 ай бұрын

@@itscarlos890If durability/reliability was assured then deployment would not be an issue. It's also important to remember that defense systems are regularly tested via live fire exercises which is additional wear and tear. This comes from an article on the engineering of the weapon: Durability: One of the biggest challenges of designing a railgun is ensuring its durability. To date, public demonstrations have not shown the ability to fire multiple full-power shots from the same set of rails. In order to be feasible for deployment, a railgun should be able to fire 6 rounds per minute with a rail life of about 3000 rounds, tolerating launch accelerations of tens of thousands of g’s and extreme pressures and megaampere currents.

@charlesrichardson8635 4 ай бұрын

I thought they shut this program down in 2021. Is this program still running?

@JonMartinYXD 4 ай бұрын

It is not. It has received no funding since 2021.

@charlesrichardson8635 4 ай бұрын

@@JonMartinYXD Thanks, that's what I thought.

@AramisRuRumZ 15 күн бұрын

You thought correctly, they shifted to hypersonic weapons development

@charlesrichardson8635 14 күн бұрын

@@AramisRuRumZ THOUGH at $100M for a single hypersonic glidebody, you have to wonder how useful it is.

@jc-tu6pg 4 ай бұрын

vid actually ends at like 5:20

@unhingedreality9515 4 ай бұрын

With the advancement of micro-nuclear reactors, the power problem on smaller vessels may be mitigated. The USN has some of the best nuclear power plant engineers.

@jefferyroy2566 4 ай бұрын

For now, the USN has something of a "feeder system" which provides nuclear engineers to the private sector. This aids in the development of SMRs (small modular reactors) for potential use in a variety of scenarios. This nuclear industry segment is still in its infancy due to the inevitable cost overruns which have plagued this technology for decades.

@theorderofthedarkoats3288 4 ай бұрын

The best nuclear engineers do not go to the US Navy because the Navy can not compete with salaries that other companies in the civilian sector offer. This has actually been a huge issue in navy recruitment because the navy simply CANT compete for nuclear engineers.

@itscarlos890 2 ай бұрын

@theorderofthedarkoats3288 Hymen G. Rickover begs to differ. Literally why we have what we have. I understand what you're saying but don't downplay the navy. What do you think the defense budget is for

@Laminar-Flow 2 ай бұрын

@@theorderofthedarkoats3288 The navy trains its own nuclear engineers, with one of the best programs in existence regarding nuclear power & physics where officers work on, operate, and maintain Small Nuclear Reactors before they even graduate. They graduate as navy nukes with more experience than anyone their age. It’s not like they hire 40 year old nuclear engineers as navy nukes. You missed the point of his comment

@IwanKurniawan-uk3pd 4 ай бұрын

GOD BLEES U.S and INDONESIA 🇱🇷🇲🇨

@tobyw9573 3 ай бұрын

Amazing the CWIS crew is exposed to enemy fire and the weather.

@immytay65 4 ай бұрын

Get some!

@forever67943 4 ай бұрын

USA ❤❤

@SeekingTruthAnd 4 ай бұрын

I guess this railgun video has been around about 10 years now? Are there no further developments on this weapon?

@stanmans 4 ай бұрын

I’ve seen this same video or adaptations now for at least 5 years. Maybe more. Boring!!

@mrthingdudeman 4 ай бұрын

When projects go queit, then they are working on fielding it.

@JonMartinYXD 4 ай бұрын

Nope. After 17 years of working on it they couldn't overcome the fundamental problems with railguns. The project has not received any funding since 2021.

@caiuspostumiusturrinus1024 3 ай бұрын

2008 was sixteen years ago. Imagine what they have now. Likely at least something that performs triple those numbers.

@fastidiosis2112 4 ай бұрын

USS Shoup DDG 86 Semper Fi

@sherwinmcneese3928 2 ай бұрын

Theses a huge one on the uss new york

@yogibear5321 4 ай бұрын

Uses just electricity...no gun powder ...meaning is carbon neutral , environmentally friendly ...new , progressive way of fighting enemy...

@willyvereb 2 ай бұрын

And like those, once you get down to it the old "polluting" methods that are refined for over a hundred years turn out to be far better for the environment... and the nation's budget. Turns out that the railgun needs part of the armature as its "ammo" each time it shoots. xD

@davidmiller759 4 ай бұрын

Didn't show much on the rail... lol.. quite a bit on other munitions though.

@heruwahyudi6060 4 ай бұрын

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@ohkey2999 2 ай бұрын

rail gun is difficult to hit its target if sea condition is not good.

@garystewart3110 4 ай бұрын

Wonder how far they can shoot a projectile in to space

@Asymmetrical-Saggin 4 ай бұрын

USS Zumwalt is DDG-1000 USS Michael Monsoor is DDG-1001. You was showing this ship while calling it and describing it as Zumwalt. The class though, is Zumwalt. Just incase anyone gets confused. Around 6:22 until like 7:00

@stanmans 4 ай бұрын

I don’t care who or what it is but thanks for the useless info. I’ll give you credit for your knowledge assuming you are correct.

@wolfdogarrow050 4 ай бұрын

Last I heard the zumwalt class is being retired already

@nhuthoang9437 4 ай бұрын

Nhut banks 😮😮i

@garymiller5937 4 ай бұрын

That's nice that the rail guns can shoot 100 miles, but how good does it do to poke little holes in ships or planes. I don't understand that. I'm not putting it down, but it seems an explosive round would be more effective. The other systems are awesome too. 😊😊😊❤❤❤

@alphateam3326 4 ай бұрын

First of all imagine a Mach 6 projectile slamming into your ship. Second think of the air friction heating that shell up until there is plasma Third think of how powerful the kinetic energy of Mach 6 is

@gilly68g 4 ай бұрын

K.E. = 1/2 m v^2: speed in mach is ~3 x speeding bullet; 9 x KE!!!

@joefreeman9733 4 ай бұрын

Like the guy above mentioned KE equals .5 xv squared. So if you consider a 20 lb object moving at 8000 ft per second thats 10x 8000x8000 equals 640 000 000 ft lbs of energy. Thats a noticeable amount of energy. Upon contact with a target say your typical warship of today the projectile would easily pass completely through the ship....any ship leaving plasma hot shards and a hole in its wake. Along with a considerable shock wake. If it happened to hit the reactor room in a nuclear carrier you could briefly observe a runaway melt down before the core burned a hole in the bottom of the carrier. If the projectile hit an aircraft likely youd see a fireball with duralumin scraps falling out of it.

@johnhopkins6260 3 ай бұрын

"...four-thousand, five-hundred miles-per-hour...": 6600'/sec

@IronHorse1722 3 ай бұрын

I find it incredible that human beings alive today, actually believe the Earth beneath their feet, moves more than 10 times faster than one of these things, and carries the atmosphere along with it, whilst also rotating a mere Mach 1.35, and the atmosphere just moves with us as though we're perfectly still. I mean, insanity isn't for everyone. Just the majority who believe in the ancient superstitious religion of Heliocentrism.

@mrcoolluke7850 4 ай бұрын

100 miles really

@antonleimbach648 4 ай бұрын

Nobody is using a .50 cal for aerial threats unless they are firing at seagulls. They use them against small boat attacks.

@unhingedreality9515 4 ай бұрын

But ya gotta love the MaDuce...classics never go out of style.

@brettany_renee_blatchley 4 ай бұрын

@unhingedreality9515 depends on which direction that love is pointing, me thinks.

@bartpalermo6576 4 ай бұрын

With armor piercing rounds a .50 cal can do extensive damage to any aircraft. In combo with traser & explosive rounds which upon impact”total destruction “.

@stanmans 4 ай бұрын

You would be considered a marksman if you could take down your target with the first pull of the trigger, especially a fast moving airplane. However, it will be devastating when it finds its mark. I’ve seen them in action and I sure as hell wouldn’t get in its way. They are very serious weapons.

@stanmans 4 ай бұрын

⁠@@bartpalermo6576. It can do severe damage if it locks on which can be a problem for the gunner. Thank goodness for tracers. It’s not usually used for fast moving aircraft. More for use against ground troops and some armor and smaller boats. You could harass a destroyer but you won’t sink it. The crew of the destroyer would destroy your less protected ship before you could blink twice. Keep in mind that a moving tank or a ship at sea has to compensate for rough terrain or fighting waves. There is no such thing as pool table flatness

@johnhopkins6260 3 ай бұрын

Spiffy... and??

@omegacala 4 ай бұрын

Ok at 13:00 how is this guy a SGT. in the Navy. I served 4yrs and I never heard of a naval sgt. I was a GSM 3rd class petty officer.

@bestamerica 4 ай бұрын

' take off the currency numbers... not important about currencys... important to build many warships / arms weapons / jetplanes / satellites / tanks

@ShenandoahTim 4 ай бұрын

You're throwing about some interesting terms like amphibious warfare, when you mean something else, other than a 200-year-old ship i don't think the US has any frigates in commission at this time... And I'm less than a minute in.

@roosterblock3182 4 ай бұрын

How can a rail gun that shoots over 100 miles, hit something that is below the "horizon"?

@coldblackice Ай бұрын

Gravity

@azarellediaz4892 4 ай бұрын

9:45 the phalanx is a piece of junk, it’s been proven that any ship “protected” by these can be easily overwhelmed and fail at its mission.

@jeffreyclement2726 4 ай бұрын

Where's the rail gun??

@grabir01 4 ай бұрын

Rail Gun is powered by Solar and Wind Generators.

@stanmans 4 ай бұрын

And an occassional burp or fart

@peaceinwartimeable 4 ай бұрын

Great information. Our enemies will love this

@johndoh5182 4 ай бұрын

So these are deemed not feasible. The problem isn't just the amount of power they require, it's also that these launch systems generate so much force in launching a projectile they rip themselves apart. The ONLY way these are feasible NOW is land based systems. PERIOD.

@decimated550 4 ай бұрын

It's nothing but a proving ground for amazing characteristics of physics, but it can't do much. Militarily. It can shoot something incredibly fast, but this speed is really unnecessary and it's unguided, we need more money spent on guided weapon systems, then unguided flat trajectory shells.

@DennisCheriman-me1mv 4 ай бұрын

Gee whizz holy moly, in a famous American soldiers saying l heard some where he said if it flies it dies, enemy aircraft beware you are entering at your on risk, God bless America and all its people Amen. GOW, GUARDIAN OF the WORLD. Dear God please let America grow from strengh to strength, protector her in stormy seas and on land.

@briannaluptowski5197 4 ай бұрын

They stopped the development and that’s a good thing

@robertoneill9903 16 күн бұрын

Are you on our side?

@user-bw3ng6kx6u Ай бұрын

its amazing how 1 tiny midget submarine can sink a 500 million dollar gun to the bottom of the ocean floor

@bigolboomerbelly4348 Ай бұрын

Well you'd better hope so...😂

@brettbarager9101 4 ай бұрын

I assume this would not work on moving targets given the complexity of determining where the target will be when the projectile is fired from tens of miles away. Also, how to they account for the curvature of the earth over such great distances. It does not appear that the trajectory of the projectile can be altered once it leaves the gun.

@JonMartinYXD 4 ай бұрын

Accurate long range fire at moving targets was solved with the advent of digital computers. Your phone can do the necessary calculations. Snipers carry a computer a bit bigger than a phone (has to be rugged) that even takes the rotation of the Earth into account. The real problem with railguns is that they burn out the "barrel" (rails) after a handful of shots. Fixing this requires taking the entire weapon apart and replacing the rails. That is precision work so it cannot be done at sea. The US Navy stopped working on railguns in 2021.

@mrcoolluke7850 4 ай бұрын

It's to bad it's at home not out there but I guess theyvwsto keep it a secret😂