Japan says it successfully test fired its medium-caliber maritime electromagnetic railgun via an offshore platform. According to its Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), this was the ...

Japan has made a major technological development in military technology by testing the first ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun in the world in which the electromagnetic weapon was fired at a ...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — The Navy test-fired its new electromagnetic railgun at a U.S. test facility this week in preparation for a two-month evaluation of the weapon’s capabilities, according to ...

China’s Navy researchers have claimed to have solved issues to make military relevant and useful railguns. China has mounted a single test railgun on a ship since about 2018-2019. China has talked ...

(MENAFN- Asia Times) Japan has fired the first ship-mounted railgun at sea, a hypersonic shot that could rewrite the balance between guns and missiles in naval warfare. This month, Naval News reported ...

China’s navy has apparently tested out a hypersonic rail gun — basically a device that uses a series of electromagnets to accelerate a projectile to incredible speeds — but during a demonstration of ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--Senior Navy leaders will be on hand Dec. 10 at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), a tenant command to Naval Support Facility (NSF), Dahlgren, Va., for a ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command, or NAVSEA, announced it has begun engineering studies preparatory to installing an electromagnetic railgun aboard a U.S. warship. Now, we've ...

TOKYO—Japan plans to conduct a second at-sea test of its developmental railgun in June, as the next phase of the technology’s evolution advances under the leadership of the Acquisition, Technology & ...

I guess my comment on ablation was nonsense because railgun projectiles don't go that fast for ablation to happen. They're also shaped to minimize aero drag at Mach 7. On the other hand, I've read ...

It's official. The U.S. Navy is building a railgun. Almost READY TO AIM AND FIRE -- BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE NAVY'S NEW ELECTROMAGNETIC RAILGUN. IMAGE SOURCE: U.S. NAVY. Earlier this month, the U.S.