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Old 03-23-2023, 01:28 PM   #191
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How is it the equivalent of a faraday cage? Are you seriously proposing that putting a wire loop around something protects it as well as a full conductive shell?
Faraday cages don't need to be a full conductive shell, they just need to have gaps that are smaller than the wavelength of the EM waves they're trying to block (a fair number of them are just a grid of wires). Having more coverage is better, but that simple loop is already providing quite a bit of shielding. In a pinch, you just wrap your projectile in a separating case with a thin coating of aluminum.
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Old 03-23-2023, 05:14 PM   #192
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Would having a Faraday cage on a smart round also be a benefit in protecting them from EMP based defences at the other end? I notice those blocky anti-drone guns being used in the Ukraine war and understand them to be EMP based...
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Old 03-23-2023, 05:50 PM   #193
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Would having a Faraday cage on a smart round also be a benefit in protecting them from EMP based defences at the other end?
A faraday cage blocks all radio waves. Which is a problem for any smart round that relies on radio communications or radar (such as a drone). You could probably harden a laser-guided, infrared, or optical homing round, though.
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Old 03-27-2023, 09:34 PM   #194
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Most modern smart rounds, like the M982 Excalibur shell, for example, iften have multiple guidance methods incorporated in them, to prevent them from being easily thrown off course.
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