HYPERVELOCITY THEN AND NOW.

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Fair, Harry [1 ]
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[1] Defense Advanced Research Projects, Agency, Washington, DC, USA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Washington, DC, USA
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International Journal of Impact Engineering | 1986年 / 5卷 / 1-4期
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The Secretary of Defense has recently characterized the challenge of Warsaw Pact armor as one approaching a matter of national urgency and directed the Army and DARPA to establish a major new initiative in armor/antiarmor to resolve this technology imbalance. The DARPA Tactical Technology Office and U.S. Army have responded to this directive. A key element of thls initiative is the electromagnetic gun weapon system program in which a mobile hypervelocity electromagnetic gun weapon system will demonstrate the ability to accelerate the projectile to 2-4 km/s. The prime Army player in the new program is the Armament Research; Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC). The Defense Nuclear Agency is stressing capacitor-based power supplies for the demonstrator gun as an alternative to the compulsator and homopolar generator power supplies now dominating the field. Funding for projectiles is provided by the SDIO;
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10.1016/0734-743X(87)90027-3
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