Section 653 - Artillery Fire

Although electromagnetic railguns were sharp, the high-speed missiles launched caused a disadvantage due to high temperatures generated from intense friction with the thick atmosphere.

For example, when firing at a target 800 kilometers away at 20 times the speed of sound, the projectile, in fact, would not even reach the predetermined impact point. Instead, like a meteor, it vaporized directly in the air, turning into a plasma state and dissipating into the atmosphere, ultimately achieving nothing.

A velocity five times the speed of sound was a more suitable initial speed, not to mention that the surface of the "Dragon Slayer Missile" was additionally coated with a special aerospace paint to offset the high temperatures caused by air friction.

The "Dragon Slayer Missiles," with a lead provision, were fast approaching the two main force light wing ships at the business hotel...