r/BeAmazed • u/Wooden-Journalist902 • Nov 15 '25

Technology Hypersonic railgun round goes through metal plates like they are made of paper.

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u/enigmaticpeon Nov 15 '25

What stops it at the end?

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u/Poiboy1313 Nov 15 '25

The laws of physics, I would think. Inertia/mass, momentum/force, and time. Duh, I forgot gravity.

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u/Tranceported Nov 15 '25

Nope it’s flat and the bullet is now a satellite !!!

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u/Extra_Park1392 Nov 15 '25

I guess that’s how launching anything into space works but it’s more efficient to go upwards instead of horizontally like this projectile would travel. Gravity acts uniformly so you just need enough speed for enough time whichever direction you go as long as it points away from the ground

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u/The_Master_Sourceror Nov 15 '25

If the earth is flat it would hit the ice wall

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u/Specialist_Ad_7719 Nov 15 '25

If it were to go orbital it would most likely melt before it exited the atmosphere, like a reverse meteor, or the atomic bomb manhole cover.

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u/Ragnarok314159 Nov 15 '25

You can’t reverse a meteor! That’s just called throwing a rock.

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u/Chrisscott25 Nov 15 '25

A reverse meteor is a roetem but a reverse tacocat is still a tacocat…

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u/Ragnarok314159 Nov 15 '25

All in favor to rename all astronomical events to “TacocaT” say AYE.

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u/Specialist_Ad_7719 Nov 15 '25

A high speed meteor melts before it hit the ground, therefore this metal rod will do the same exiting. That's the analogy I'm trying to make.

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u/Crazyhairmonster Nov 16 '25

If it goes fast enough it can reach stable orbit a foot off the ground.

Of course atmospheric friction would slow it down and/or burn it up