From: nuny@bid.nes   
      
   On Friday, March 31, 2017 at 4:20:03 PM UTC-7, Luke Campbell wrote:   
   > On Friday, March 31, 2017 at 1:45:18 PM UTC-7, MrAnderson wrote:   
   > > So, this little idea came to me when designing my warship, and I think   
   > > it's interesting topic to consider in a new thread, how about using a   
   > > tandem kinetic warhead to puncture the whipple shield? The projectile is   
   > > launched, and when it's near the target, it divides into two parts by small   
   > > rocket (that's to have a small gap between two hits), and, when first hit   
   > > makes a hole in first layer and weakens the second, the second hit goes   
   > > through the hole in first layer, and hits the weakened second layer, and   
   > > still has some energy to deal damage behind the armor.   
   > > Any thoughts?   
   >   
   > That can certainly work.  It's sort of like the way a long-rod penetrator   
   > works (after all, a Whipple shield is only going to ablate off the front of   
   > the penetrator, to a length roughly equal to the shield's thickness).  Even   
   > better, have the projectile divide up into a "string of beads" - a length of   
   > many separate individual parts, each far enough apart that the impact blast   
   > from one doesn't interfere with the next in line.   
      
     You'd need to know beforehand how the armor reacts though, wouldn't you?   
   Will titanium vs. sat DU armor react differently? I'd think that would affect   
   the minimum separation between hits.   
      
      
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