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Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy spent over $500 million on its railgun program but failed to achieve a deployable system, citing challenges...
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Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy spent over $500 million on its railgun program but failed to achieve a deployable system, citing challenges...
In essence, a railgun is a weapons system that uses electricity flowing between two parallel conductors to shoot a non-explosive projectile at high speeds...
Railguns have been discussed for decades now in various military and defense circles. But why don’t they ever get built and deployed? The Future...
The Navy Has Plans Beyond Its Railgun: A “railgun” is a concept that may seem like something straight out of science fiction: a weapon that...
Fifteen years and $500 million later, the U.S. Navy has put the kibosh on an important railgun program. The railgun was meant to change...
While the concept of “directed-energy weapons” originated on the pages of pulp novels in the late nineteenth century, another weapon technology that seems straight...
A “railgun” is a concept that may seem like something straight out of science fiction: a weapon that could utilize a large circuit to...