NS has announced it is soon to begin trials of a new kind of weapon which will be aimed at ground attack though also will have a use in space combat. The weapon is the R-Cannon, it uses advanced electromagnetic propulsion techniques to fire inert warheads at distant objects. A warhead can be launched with enough energy to travel at Mach 10. Fired from orbit the warheads would hit a ground target with devastating energy and accuracy. A warhead could cause nuclear weapon range devastation but highly localised and without residual radiation.
A key advantage of the R-Cannon, Dr Forbidden said at a presentation, was the low cost of warhead. The rounds are simple steel, a fraction of the cost of existing missiles. A Warrior 16A bomber is to be fitted with an R-Cannon for a series of trials this Spring.
