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Meet Japan’s New Railgun: The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) have deployed a ship-based electromagnetic (EM) railgun, a leading accomplishment in the development of...
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Meet Japan’s New Railgun: The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) have deployed a ship-based electromagnetic (EM) railgun, a leading accomplishment in the development of...
Key Points: Japan is successfully advancing its electromagnetic railgun program, with ongoing ship-based tests aboard the JS Asuka showcasing the weapon’s potential. -Designed to...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s futuristic electromagnetic railgun was an ambitious attempt to revolutionize naval warfare, firing projectiles at speeds up to...
Key Points and Summary: Japan has successfully tested a railgun aboard a naval ship, surpassing the US Navy’s $500 million, decade-long unsuccessful effort. Railguns...
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...