Japanese officials frame the railgun’s rapid progress as essential to establishing an effective deterrent against Chinese ...

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 ...

Key Points and Summary on Japan's New Railgun - While the U.S. Navy's ambitious and expensive railgun program was canceled in 2021 after 15 years and $500 million in spending, Japan has successfully ...

The first weapon-scale prototype of a futuristic Navy railgun began undergoing firing tests last week, the next big step toward putting the electromagnetic superweapon on U.S. warships by 2020. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

DAHLGREN -- A futuristic weapon demonstrated its destructive power in a trial run conducted by the Navy today at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren. Engineers fired the electromagnetic ...

The red and yellow warning flags were out. The gun range was cleared. The klaxon sounded. "System is enabled," the voice on the speakerphone said. There was a pause, then a distant thud that could be ...

In just about two years, the U.S. Navy will install a prototype electromagnetic (EM) railgun in a high-speed vessel. This will mark the first time an electromagnetic railgun will be tested at sea. One ...

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.