To the military, they are UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) or RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems). However, they are more commonly known as drones. Drones are used in situations where manned flight is considered too risky or difficult.
How do military drones work?
Military drones are controlled by a few people at a station miles away from where it is being flown, that way soldiers are farther away from the conflict and the battlefield.
What is it?
EM Rail Guns are long range defense weapons that fire using electricity instead of standard chemical propellants like gunpowder. They fire projectiles at around Mach 6, six times the speed of sound, which, in average conditions, equates to about 2,042 meters per second. Current naval rail guns have an effective range of 200 nautical miles, about 230 regular miles.
How does it work?
Diagram showing basic mechanics of a rail gun
Basically, a rail gun is two metal rails connected at one end by an electric power source. If you place a conductive projectile between the rails at the end where the power supply is it completes the circuit, turning it into an electromagnet. This creates a magnetic field around the rails, which is what propels the projectile. On impact there is no burst of flames or visible explosion, just a shock-wave. This is because rail gun ammunition have no explosive warheads in them, the damage they do is solely from kinetic energy.
One of the types of rail gun ammunition
Aftermath of a rail gun test fire
What will it accomplish?
Allows for increased naval mission capability
Ability to provide more precise defensive and supportive firepower
Eliminate hazards of storing explosives on a ship and undetonated ordinance on a battlefield
Here is a short video demonstrating the basic concepts using a DIY Rail Gun.
The basis on Non-lethal weapons is quite an obvious one these weapons are used to subdue the enemy without death these are five weapon built to not kill people for police or military.
ADS (Active Denial System)
The ADS is the is a weapon that fires a focused beam of radio-waves that penetrates 1/64 the way through the skin which gives the nerves a heat sensation which makes people instinctively move away this also has the enemy drop weapons. the ADS also can go through window glass and stops the driver from following them, break up riots
FN-303
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The FN-303 is basically a over sized paint gun use to control riots. this gun controls the crowd or you can just shoot him and have the other police arrest him because of the paint left behind this also has a pepper spray-like round
Graphite bomb
This is the graphite bomb, also known as the blackout bomb, this bomb is used like a emp (electromagnetic pulse) which disables all electronics
Industrial Revolutions are both beneficial and detrimental to society. They are good because result in a large wave of new technologies that can improve life for everyone and make certain tasks easier to accomplish. Some examples being planes, cars, and trains to help people travel more efficiently and the assembly line to produce products more quickly. They can be harmful because they can lead to younger generations growing accustomed to doing less work and not truly appreciating the things they have. Take cell phones as an example, anyone older than ten, and many times much younger, has one but they just see it as something that they've always had, they don't fully appreciate the work that went into making the device that they use many times each day. This is a major factor in the "I want everything handed to me because I think I deserve it for doing nothing." attitude that much of the American youth has now. Another detrimental effect is that humans are constantly creating more efficient ways to annihilate each, even now it is to the point where another world war could easily result in the death of the majority of the human race.
Jordan Cataldo:
Military Drones
What are military drones?
How do military drones work?
Military drones are controlled by a few people at a station miles away from where it is being flown, that way soldiers are farther away from the conflict and the battlefield.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VdPnQk9lJKk
How fast can military drones be?
What are the benefits of military drones?
If Drones could stop this, there would be no better accomplishment than saving lives of our troops. OORAH!
www.siasat.pk
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-10713898
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/10/us-military-fastest-plane-falcon
http://science.howstuffworks.com/predator.htm
http://www.philforhumanity.com/Drones.html
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052812_memorial_day_op/honoring-our-heroes/
Zach:
Electromagnetic Rail Guns
What is it?EM Rail Guns are long range defense weapons that fire using electricity instead of standard chemical propellants like gunpowder. They fire projectiles at around Mach 6, six times the speed of sound, which, in average conditions, equates to about 2,042 meters per second. Current naval rail guns have an effective range of 200 nautical miles, about 230 regular miles.
How does it work?
Basically, a rail gun is two metal rails connected at one end by an electric power source. If you place a conductive projectile between the rails at the end where the power supply is it completes the circuit, turning it into an electromagnet. This creates a magnetic field around the rails, which is what propels the projectile. On impact there is no burst of flames or visible explosion, just a shock-wave. This is because rail gun ammunition have no explosive warheads in them, the damage they do is solely from kinetic energy.
What will it accomplish?
Here is a short video demonstrating the basic concepts using a DIY Rail Gun.
Sources:
www.military.com
http://www.onr.navy.mil
en.wikipedia.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCON9qgTd6NZQmI0ev38oEKg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCak3NZxjNnWip327vYL8RLA
http://images.gizmag.com
http://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com
http://www.theengineer.co.uk
http://2.bp.blogspot.com
phillip:
Non-lethal Weapons
The basis on Non-lethal weapons is quite an obvious one these weapons are used to subdue the enemy without death these are five weapon built to not kill people for police or military.
ADS (Active Denial System)
The ADS is the is a weapon that fires a focused beam of radio-waves that penetrates 1/64 the way through the skin which gives the nerves a heat sensation which makes people instinctively move away this also has the enemy drop weapons. the ADS also can go through window glass and stops the driver from following them, break up riots
FN-303
The FN-303 is basically a over sized paint gun use to control riots. this gun controls the crowd or you can just shoot him and have the other police arrest him because of the paint left behind this also has a pepper spray-like round
Graphite bomb
This is the graphite bomb, also known as the blackout bomb, this bomb is used like a emp (electromagnetic pulse) which disables all electronics
sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_303
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personnel_halting_and_stimulation_response_rifle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_bomb
http://jnlwp.defense.gov/
Essential Question
Industrial Revolutions are both beneficial and detrimental to society. They are good because result in a large wave of new technologies that can improve life for everyone and make certain tasks easier to accomplish. Some examples being planes, cars, and trains to help people travel more efficiently and the assembly line to produce products more quickly. They can be harmful because they can lead to younger generations growing accustomed to doing less work and not truly appreciating the things they have. Take cell phones as an example, anyone older than ten, and many times much younger, has one but they just see it as something that they've always had, they don't fully appreciate the work that went into making the device that they use many times each day. This is a major factor in the "I want everything handed to me because I think I deserve it for doing nothing." attitude that much of the American youth has now. Another detrimental effect is that humans are constantly creating more efficient ways to annihilate each, even now it is to the point where another world war could easily result in the death of the majority of the human race.