HRogge Wrote:Part of the reason bullets get hot is air friction. with this sort of attack, there would be very little dust/gas particles to create friction (I assume that the shot was coming in from 'above' the plane of Saturn's rings, trying to shoot through a ring would have too high a chance of something deflecting/stopping the projectile)Ace Dreamer Wrote:Wouldn't the smart thing be to give the projectile a light and radar abporption coating? It isn't very big, and that way you'll only spot it when it gets very close, unless it cast a shadow (light or radar) against something.
Yes, some radar stealth might be a good idea if the speed becomes too low to feasible getting past Jenga.
Quote:Getting luck enough to spot it with infra-red is good.
I think most railgun/coilgun projectiles (especially if accelerated by some crazy oneshot device) will become quite hot.
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