Saturday, April 12, 2008

Watergun v2

I was thinking.

Since water can be manipulated by magnetic fields, would it be possible to create an ice bullet.

I know the mythbusters have done an episode regarding the efficacy of an ice bullet. The bullets either shattered on firing or when they impacted the target, they left behind tell tale signs of gunpowder from the charge.

I was thinking, since water can be manipulated by magnetic fields, would it be possible to create an ice bullet using a railgun or a coilgun? It would solve the sudden impact problem that a traditional explosive charge could cause and it would even even out the the force acting on the projectile, preventing it from cracking or shattering. It would also solve the problem of gunpowder residue.

Granted this "gun" would possibly be too large for any one man to carry by himself (at least with current technology) but hang on. This is the ultimate weapon in a would be assassin's arsenal. Using an entire black ops team(maybe even a crane) to carry the damn thing would be cumbersome but would definitely be worth the effort and risk. Not that I'm condoning assassinations. But imagine if a would-be hitler-esque person were to rise up again in the near future. Bang (or whoosh)! Hitler gone, little to no fallout.

Granted it would be relatively expensive what with the purity of water being important to the integrity of the bullet at possible supersonic speeds and the enormous amounts of energy but it is from massive problems that monumental solutions are found

Food for thought? Or maybe it's already been done.

If i don't post anytime soon, you know what happened. heh.

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