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Old 08-25-2013, 04:26 PM   #9
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Default Re: [House Rules, Ulta-Tech] A more smart-mattery HEMP warhead

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We are talking about the same smart-matter that allows Interphase armor and transparent bioplas right? Couldn't the solid fragmentation case just flake off in flight?
I don't see any reason that at TL 10 you can't have tungsten in a smart matter matrix that controls how the tungsten breaks up once the bursting charge is detonated. If it breaks into big pieces, you have fragmentation. If it disintegrates into tungsten dust, you have a DIME warhead with a limited area of effect.

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I don’t know if shaped charges can work without a hard case around them
It can, although I don't know if it is ideal. Shaped charge demolition strips, for example, don't use a hard case backing.

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