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Originally posted by Firestormalpha:
Azi, why are you making such a big deal about it? The Rail gun only needs one shot to be deadly, against anything. It's the Metal storm the fires countless rounds of ammo. For what reason I don't know. You could easily fire fewer rounds, be just as deadly and save money on ammo in the process. As far as MOAB. Kudos on the more ecologically sound weapon of mass destruction, but in the end it still just destroys. War is an unnecessary side effect of world leaders who think they have something to prove. Sometimes they do, and sometimes its just an over-inflated ego.
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Scuse me? First off, a rail gun fired against a person would not always be deadly, dependant on the kind and size of the projectile. Even if it hits at 100 times the speed of a chemical exposion propelled bullet if it goes right through it runs the risk of a deadly richchet to friendlies and it won't do enough damage. Its not 1 hit deadly against everything. Maybe you play to many FPS's.
Once again dependant on what your shooting and what projectile your using. If your trying to shoot down a missile i'm sorry but one bullet might not do the job, by firing thousands of rounds they can fill the area with bullets maximizing the chance of hitting and destroying that missile. You can't just fire less rounds and hope that it destroys it. Its does its job of tearing its target apart. This is why they mount multibarrel vulcans on planes they also use them on helicopters to kill tanks, they're just good at their job.
War is an unecessary side effect of world leaders? I think its more along the lines of its a side effect of being human. No offense but that line sounds rather naive. It would seem to me as the population on the earth gets larger wars will become more and more common, not only is there a battle for scarce resources but also the clashing of cultures and conflicting interests. War is inevitable so long as populations of people come into contact with one another.