Pondering

[den]

I wonder how shaped charges would go in space.

Comments

[marmoe.livejournal.com]

As tropism points out below, shaped charges as weapon systems are designed to detonate on contact or in the close vicinity of the target. You still need to get the projectile there with conventional means, i.e. at "low" speeds. Otherwise your projectile will disperse and / or cool. On the other hand, a 6 km per second bullet may still do the job you want it to do.