Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Rail gun pre impact 8076.jpg|frame|Awesome = ½''mv''² <ref>For emphasis, that plume of flame behind the slug is ''not'' an explosive propellant - [[Up to Eleven|it's plasma being formed from the air being ripped apart in its wake.]] Also, the lensing in front of the slug isn't an effect; that's the air warping in front of it.</ref>]]

 

{{quote|"''An object impacting at 3 km/sec delivers kinetic energy equal to its mass in TNT.''"|''[http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/spacegunconvent.php#id--Kinetic_Kill_Weapons--Equations Rick Robinson's First Law of Space Combat]''}}

 

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== Anime & Manga ==

* Kinetic weapons are the big thing in ''[[Cannon God Exaxxion]]''. While lasers are common, they cannot penetrate the [[Deflector Shields]] used in the series since they are based on [[Artificial Gravity]] tech & can thus redirect lasers using the gravitational lensing effect. Notably that's the exact opposite of how things should work: solid projectiles would be ''much'' easier to affect with gravity.

* ''[[Void Dogs]]'' uses the abbreviation KEG for firearms, short for [[Fun with Acronyms|Kinetic Energy Gun]].

* The five star nations in ''[[The Pentagon War]]'', particularly Sol, rely heavily on kinetic weapons, primarily electromagnetically-launched slugs and high-speed ramming missiles.