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Interesting! Probably future electromagnetic weapons will use superconducting magnetic energy storage, especially once we finally manage room temperature superconductors.

I don't think coilguns will need much more of a radiator than conventional firearms, unless operated in a vacuum.

Honestly, Leaving the Cradle is one of my favourite comics, up there with Outsider :) The technology is either hard sci-fi or where it deviates, explained reasonably. As to the plot, I'll admit it looks like the typical 'ET first contact' trope-heavy story at first, it's something of a ruse on the a...

Hence a particle beam weapon (pulse or continuous) likely needs a lower power setting for the same targets as an inert bullet will need. Which reduces the recoil. The difference is, that if you're using particle beam weapons, your enemy will likely have much better armour than enemies of inert bull...

Hi, I've been reading Outsider for a little while now, but this is my first time posting! Particle beam weapons are a different from kinetic weapons in how they do damage. While the individual subatomic particles (probably mostly protons, as they have the best penetration) carry kinetic energy, whic...