Railguns don’t “ignore” Earth’s curvature—they handle it the same way long-range artillery and missiles do: by calculating a curved trajectory in a curved, rotating Earth system and aiming accordingly.The projectile already follows a curved path
A railgun round is basically a hyper-velocity artillery shell. Once it leaves the barrel, gravity pulls it into a long arc.That familiar trajectory equation assumes flat Earth for simplicity, but in reality the fire-control system uses more advanced models that account for:
Earth’s curvature
Changing gravity with altitude
Air density variationsFor very long shots (100+ miles), the projectile actually travels high enough that the curvature becomes significant, and the math switches to ballistic models over a spherical Earth, not a flat approximation.
2026-05-03 20:10:56
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Wade :
not flat
2026-05-04 01:48:08
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Ryan James Hilt :
Me when I eat glue
2026-05-03 19:49:50
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mphaus :
they don't fire line of sight, more on
2026-05-19 19:23:37
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ьЯя аDэл :
Globers’ typical government document double standard, among many others. 😂
2026-05-15 19:45:39
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THE STAGE TPR :
💯💯💯
2026-05-24 19:37:44
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Sith Lord :
You notice he never says the rail gun fires in a straight line. They use parabolic arcs. Please understand what you are talking about before presenting. Why is it soooooo easy to debunk Flerfs. At least try.
2026-05-07 21:38:14
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Cat Pawpaw :
The only people who add “in a straight line” are flerfs. Nobody else makes this claim - it’s a ballistic projectile and interacts with curve, gravity, and atmosphere just like any other ballistic projectile. Flerfs love to add irrelevant terms to things, then argue against it. It’s fun to watch them at work 🤣🤣🤣
2026-05-04 21:06:59
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