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A mass driver is a weapon that propels a very massive object toward a target. It's a "sci-fi chic" term for things like [[cannon]]s and [[ | A mass driver is a weapon that propels a very massive object toward a target. It's a "sci-fi chic" term for things like [[cannon]]s and [[railgun]]s. | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== |
Revision as of 14:15, 1 January 2010
A mass driver is a weapon that propels a very massive object toward a target. It's a "sci-fi chic" term for things like cannons and railguns.
Examples
- In Babylon 5, mass drivers are weapons of mass destruction used to bombard planets from orbit, using near-orbit asteroids as ammunition.