China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains

Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by microcolonel on Thursday October 03, 2019 @10:50PM (#21154390)

> But is that dramatically worse than blowing up a train moving 50 mph

Yes, it is extremely bad when 60-100 ton railcars are being thrown around like toys, at nearly the speed (about 30m/s slower than most .45 ACP) some handguns fire bullets.

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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by weberc2 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @11:07PM (#21154459)

I get that, but it seems strictly better than, for example, blowing up a trail full of oil cars.

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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by microcolonel on Thursday October 03, 2019 @11:22PM (#21154510)

If the goalposts move as fast as these trains are marketed to move, I'm sure we could find all sorts of things worse than the already terrible tragedy of a deliberate derailment, explosion, or sabotage of a high speed train.

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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by weberc2 on Friday October 04, 2019 @10:22AM (#21157991)

The goalposts didn't move, you were just reminded that conventional trains frequently carry explosive freight.

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