cruise missiles are expensive

Really simple fellas

we're not firing them at everyone

and besides

Have the barrels be replacable, but keep the rails

the projectiles with railguns are very **inexpensive**

to offset the price of the barrels

Railgun projectiles are literally a chunk of metal

exactly

cheap

Besides, what are the biggest navel guns in widespread use currently?
For the british it's a meager 3 inch gun. Surely if there was need for something with more impact, they could fit something larger.

A railgun would destroy a destroyer in 1 shot probably

yeah, projectile is relatively cheaper. But the barrel is not.

Lets see

bruh

they were test firing

Cost of railgun

in 2008

Vs cost of warship

did we know the US has the most tonnage of steel in the military of the entire world. and you could add the tonnage of the next 3 countries in line and still not be close

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Cost of railgun

Vs cost of nuke

🤔

US-airfoce is the biggest airforce on the planet

Seond biggest belongs to US-Navy

And I'm sure you could just have the barrel itself be disposable

Certainly not a purely kinetic round, there's no way that could sink a big ship with one hit.

And not replace the rest

HOWEVER

@leavethisbotnet wait a second

@leavethisbotnet a well-aimed one can

good luck finding that stationary target

It doesnt have to be

even if it's a fast round, the travel time is still very much not trivial

ppfffftttt railguns

Railgun shots dont need any leading

At all

It goes at mach 7