mljdeckard
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But Chief, all that is still very much theoretical. We don't even know yet what those rounds or propellants will be.
We all dread the apocalypse scenario...but the fact remains that the government which could produce such a scenario has one great weakness...and that is the fact that the government is actually made up of, and run by, members who are part of the population itself.
So, for starters, that means that the military which would be called upon to perform such suppressive actions would actually be composed of men and women who are friends, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins of the people who make up the civilian population being suppressed.
THAT cannot be sustained, and it's been historically proven.
This is not to say we are not to be leery of heavy handed government control and oppressive laws and such, however. But we need to be realistic about it, too.
If open military combat against entrenched home forces operating with guerilla tactics were that clear cut and easy, then a great many military conflicts shouldn't drag on for years, or even decades.
Ahead of where some people think it is. Others have a firm grasp on State of the Art, thanks.Science is decades ahead of where you and I believe it to be.
I thought we were talking about what is most likely for production, not theory.Old news -- the Voere rifles have been around a coupla decades.
There are also trials being consucted on using low power lasers to ionize air providing conduction channels for a tazer zap.
Yes, VP Biden would think that would support that idea.Saboted ammo with fins that have laser seekers for weapons mounted lasers. First will be seen on 50 cal handguns.
Miniature cameras on guns so the fabled 'good shoot' will be documented. Camera and sound comes on at the draw.
A doubled barrel shotgun with one barrel bent up at 90 degrees so you can shoot one in the air and then one through the door.
But Chief, all that is still very much theoretical. We don't even know yet what those rounds or propellants will be.
Very true. It is important to remember that many things do not scale up, and many things do not scale down. In my discussion of DEWs above, all of the energy density concerns go away when you can use a small, efficient diesel generator as your power source.Heck...the 16"/50 caliber big guns on the Iowa class battleships were fine examples of caseless guns. They just ain't very practical for field use by the soldier!
If chemistry is what occurs, and all the components for the reaction are present, there is not way heat cannot ignite it. Raising the temperature of ignition above an operating threshold (say, the detempering limit) would make the cook off problem a non-issue, but super-duper primers would be needed to ignite the propellant, or electrical systems nearly as powerful as the Directed Energy Weapons themselves .
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