• Star Trek-style force-field armour being developed by military scientists
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[QUOTE=farmatyr;20888732]The forcefield would detonate the rpg...[/QUOTE] Or deflect it away
"Full power to the shield generators!"
[QUOTE=farmatyr;20888732]The forcefield would detonate the rpg...[/QUOTE] My God! It's a good thing you figured this out or those scientists would have sent soldiers into battle thinking their shields would work!
Am I the only one seeing the flaw in this new armour? if I had an RPG and I was shooting one of these new tanks. I'll just aim right beside it instead of directly on it. That way they wouldn't be able to stop the explosion. Roadside bombs as well. And don't say the armour is made to withstand an explosion. It's made to survive an explosion at an ideal situation. They will still need conventional armour + this for it to work.
[QUOTE=CaptainSnake;20889044]Am I the only one seeing the flaw in this new armour? if I had an RPG and I was shooting one of these new tanks. I'll just aim right beside it instead of directly on it. That way they wouldn't be able to stop the explosion. Roadside bombs as well. And don't say the armour is made to withstand an explosion. It's made to survive an explosion at an ideal situation. They will still need conventional armour + this for it to work.[/QUOTE] The only part of the explosion of an rpg that is able to penetrate tank armor relies on a direct hit.
Guys, this is marks the day when energy shields were invented. All hail the spartans!
Divert all power to forward shields prepare the shuttles for evacuation
[QUOTE=CaptainSnake;20889044]Am I the only one seeing the flaw in this new armour? if I had an RPG and I was shooting one of these new tanks. I'll just aim right beside it instead of directly on it. That way they wouldn't be able to stop the explosion. Roadside bombs as well. And don't say the armour is made to withstand an explosion. It's made to survive an explosion at an ideal situation. They will still need conventional armour + this for it to work.[/QUOTE]Except for the fact that you fail to understand that it isn't the explosion that causes the damage, it is the impact. Have a box.
[QUOTE=Ultragamer05;20889466]Except for the fact that you fail to understand that it isn't the explosion that causes the damage, it is the impact. Have a box.[/QUOTE] If you're talking about the shaped charges used in your everyday RPGs and anti-tank missiles, then it's the Monroe effect caused by the explosives in the rocket/missile that causes the damage with a metal jet. The velocity of which a shaped charge impacts at has no bearing on its penetration power. That said a shaped charge needs to hit dead on for full penetration. Having it detonate parallel to the target does superficial damage at best. If you're talking about munitions like SABOT or those kinetic energy penetrators used by main battle tanks then yes the impact will cause the damage but no explosives will be used. I'd like to see this new armor survive not just HEAT rounds, but penetrators like the standard APFSDS and that LOSAT missile.
Coooooooooooollllllll
[QUOTE=BlueSaint;20887906]Next up: Emp rockets to counter the shield.[/QUOTE] Welcome to EVE Online :v:
[QUOTE=Cyrex;20891001]Welcome to EVE Online :v:[/QUOTE] I was just thinking that. The force field is very resistant to kinetic and explosive damage, but is very weak against EM. It it somewhat resistant to thermal. The steel armor plates are not affected by EM damage. Insurgents must carefully use a combination of EMP rockets to kill the shields, and then fire the explosive rounds. [editline]10:41PM[/editline] Ok I went too far with that, didn't I?
Care to explain the science behind this?
Oh man, I love it when theoretical science turns real. Awesome.
[img]http://hight3ch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/force_field.jpg[/img] Fuck [B]YES.[/B]
Now hopefully we will attain the technology to freeze and repel projectiles within the decade. Damn humans are getting good at killing each other. Too bad we still don't have the days of continental conquering. /Nihilistic rant.
How about we develop a technology that prevents wars? On second thought, we tried that. First bombs, then guns, then rockets, then machine guns, the atomic bomb, ICBMs, and soforth. People always said they'd be too horrible for anyone to conceive of using in a war. Heh.
:science:
[QUOTE=AtomicWaffle;20892092]How about we develop a technology that prevents wars?[/QUOTE] We can't, in reality we are all against each other, once a country throws away it's weapons and becomes peaceful, do you really think the others would do nothing? World peace can only be achieved if there is world wide support for it, and of course that will never happen because religions and countries are too different from the next.
[QUOTE=AtomicWaffle;20892092]How about we develop a technology that prevents wars?[/QUOTE] Nothing stops a war like an unbeatable weapon.
[QUOTE=Dark-Energy;20891117]I was just thinking that. The force field is very resistant to kinetic and explosive damage, but is very weak against EM. It it somewhat resistant to thermal. The steel armor plates are not affected by EM damage. Insurgents must carefully use a combination of EMP rockets to kill the shields, and then fire the explosive rounds. [editline]10:41PM[/editline] Ok I went too far with that, didn't I?[/QUOTE] Except, I doubt that insurgents have access to the high-tech weapons you'd need to kill the shields.
Sounds pretty cool. Will i stop an IED though?
This is really cool. Can't wait to see what more that might emerge from this technology. [QUOTE=Killoch0;20887364]Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes. I want one I want one now[/QUOTE] I'm sorry, but why? Are you at a constant threat of being bombarded by rockets? This is awesome, I agree. But why would you want to have this at home?
[QUOTE=Wakka;20891374]Care to explain the science behind this?[/QUOTE] If I interpret it right, It's just a super strong instantaneous magnetic field. You get a weak magnetic field from a current in a wire, but imagine that alot bigger and through armour and you have a forcefield. [editline]09:14AM[/editline] [img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Electromagnetism.svg[/img_thumb] [editline]09:19AM[/editline] but other parts of the article are saying a very strong current just vaporises the metal in the RPG round, kinda misleading
I imagine colonels with handlebar mustaches and aviators ripping them off in shock. Oh, technology, how I love thee.
The future is [B]NOW[/B]
I can see this leading to a race in advanced incendiary weapons, as cooking crew inhabitants alive will be the most practical way of disabling a tank if shaped charges no longer work.
[QUOTE=Communist Cake;20887545]All armors have their weak points. All of them.[/QUOTE] Obviously this shield's weak point is that it can only deflect one projectile and then has to take time recharging, it's still better than nothing, gives time for the vehicle to escape/fire back. [QUOTE=BlueSaint;20887906]Next up: Emp rockets to counter the shield.[/QUOTE] Don't need to go that far, just overload the shield by firing 2 RPGs or more.
That isn't a forcefield, that is a deflector. If anything we need those to further outr advances into space to repel stuff that would damage our stations/ships.
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;20889412]Guys, this is marks the day when energy shields were invented. All hail the spartans![/QUOTE] Bah. The [I]real [/I]spartans didn't need fancy energy shields.
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