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Why Japan Is Betting on a Railgun the U.S. Navy Walked Away From

The U.S. Navy has shelved its ambitious electromagnetic railgun, citing cost, technical risk, and brutal rail-wear issues.
Yahoo

Japan's Railgun Performs First Test Firing At Sea

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 ...
Futurism

China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky

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 ...
Aviation Week

U.S. Navy Acceleration Of Railgun Availability

Advanced naval guns that could replace land-attack and anti-ship missiles as well as defend warships from ballistic and cruise missiles have taken a step forward with the start of prototype ...
DC Military

From Naval Guns to the Electromagnetic Railgun Test & Evaluation is a Big Team Effort

“Ready, aim, fire!” It’s not that simple say Navy engineers firing test rounds on the Potomac River Test Range.
Aviation Week

Japan's Railgun Set For Second Naval Test

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 & ...