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Space guns (1 C, 8 P) Strategic Defense Initiative (10 P) Pages in category "Space weapons" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
[2] [3] It was used only in the tail turret of the Tu-22, and experimentally on the Salyut 3 space station. [4] [5] A modified version of the weapon was the only cannon to have been fired in space. [6] [7] Cased telescoped ammunition for the LSAT light machine gun has reached technology readiness level 7. [8]
For a space gun with a gun barrel of length (), and the needed velocity (), the acceleration is provided by the following formula: [citation needed] = For instance, with a space gun with a vertical "gun barrel" through both the Earth's crust and the troposphere, totalling ~60 km (37 miles) of length (), and a velocity enough to escape the Earth's gravity (escape velocity, which is 11.2 km/s or ...
Russia has the corner on guns in space – MSNBC, Feb. 12, 2008; TP-82 : Russian space pistol / shotgun / carbine / flare gun no longer being carried into space (with photos) – The Firearm Blog; Soviet cosmonauts carried a shotgun into space; The TOZ-81 'Mars' Gun Was The Soviet Union's Ultimate Space Revolver, including information on the TP-82
The P90 and its 5.7×28mm ammunition were developed by the Belgian company FN Herstal in response to NATO requests for a replacement for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge and associated pistols and submachine guns. [16] NATO called for two types of weapons chambered for a new cartridge—one a shoulder-fired weapon, and the other a handheld ...
Terraria (/ t ə ˈ r ɛər i ə / ⓘ tə-RAIR-ee-ə [1]) is a 2011 action-adventure sandbox game developed by Re-Logic. The game was first released for Windows and has since been ported to other PC and console platforms.
The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.A RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 anti-ballistic missile is launched from USS Shiloh, a US Navy Ticonderoga-class cruiser.. Anti-satellite weapons, which are primarily surface-to-space and air-to-space missiles, have been developed by the United States, the USSR/Russia, India and the People's Republic of China.
The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute). [2] It features a Gatling-style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an electric motor.