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 ...

Defending large ocean areas has become increasingly difficult as navies invest in long-range missiles, swarming drones, and ...

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

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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Americans are so self-absorbed and stuck in their anecdotes from 1993 that even when the world is demonstrably changing around them, they keep dribbling the same nonsense about China's supposed lack ...

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 ...