Musashi found!

[A_Harman]

Originally Posted By: Astro14
Do batteries have the ability to deliver the current pulse that quickly?

I thought it would be capacitors in banks to deliver the electric charge to the rails...


Yep, I'm thinking capacitors are the appropriate electrical device to deliver the high intensity pulse of power required to make a rail gun work. Then use your ship's nuclear reactor or hydrocarbon fueled genset to generate electricity to recharge the capacitor bank for the next shot. Definitely gives the opportunity to cut down on the amount of high explosives carried in the ship.

 

[A_Harman]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
They were not that close.


And the bomb they were working on was a dirty bomb, not a fission bomb.

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: A_Harman
Originally Posted By: Astro14
Do batteries have the ability to deliver the current pulse that quickly?

I thought it would be capacitors in banks to deliver the electric charge to the rails...


Yep, I'm thinking capacitors are the appropriate electrical device to deliver the high intensity pulse of power required to make a rail gun work. Then use your ship's nuclear reactor or hydrocarbon fueled genset to generate electricity to recharge the capacitor bank for the next shot. Definitely gives the opportunity to cut down on the amount of high explosives carried in the ship.


Right. Disconnect pulse forming networks from the energy source. They are not the same. But again, power system challenges are part of the game.

 

[Astro14]

There are several sources on line for many incredible (meaning, not true) claims. I've seen the claims on this one, too, and I simply don't find them credible. It's a long way from moderating a reaction with Deuterium (the "Heavy Water" experiments that the Germans had begun) to building a bomb.

A deeper understanding of that long road can be found in the excellent book by Richard Rhodes, "Building the Atomic Bomb", for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. A complex, detailed discussion of the personalities, science, technology and geopolitical context in which the building of the Bomb took place. It's a great read, and understanding those complexities help you think critically about the claims of progress, including "weeks away" that are made...

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: Mystic
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
The stuff they dont teach you in history class. Wow!



History in American classrooms today is a joke. The young people have no idea what they are missing.
Most [not all] young people have no idea period.