Recent reports indicate that the Chinese Navy has unveiled a revolutionary electromagnetic railgun capable of launching projectiles at hypersonic speeds, using advanced electromagnetic technology.

The U.S. Navy has largely ceased railgun funding after spending $500 million, citing power and durability issues. -However, China continues to pursue railgun development, recently conducting tests ...

The US Navy is working on a few railgun projects that will eventually replace the largest guns on the fleet’s cruisers and destroyers. These rail guns will fire a projectile away from the ship ...

Electromagnetic railguns are a futuristic application of technologies that have been around for a long time. Basically: “let’s use electricity to throw something really far and really fast.” ...

The Navy's electromagnetic railgun fires a hyper velocity projectile (HVP) during testing at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) By Task & Purpose Posted on Sep 4, 2020 5:08 PM ...

The US Navy has decided to shelve the research and development of an electromagnetic railgun to build other weapons, such as hypersonic missiles and lasers, the Associated Press reported ...

2019 The logic behind the R9X isn’t that different from the other forms of kinetic bombardment pursued by the Pentagon in recent decades from the Lazy Dogs to the Navy’s electromagnetic ...

Objective: construct and fire a rail gun. Definition: a linear electromagnetic accelerator consisting of two rails and an armature in which the large amounts of current are passed through the rails to ...

The Navy plans to force its pilots to stay beyond their contracted time in service if they are in the midst of their second, two-year sea tour. (U.S. Marine Corps) The Navy will now require naval ...

The first Navy submarine designed and built for a mixed-gender crew will be commissioned this weekend. The future sub New Jersey is shown here during sea trials. (U.S. Navy) The Navy is slated to ...

Helldivers 2's upcoming patch will be bringing with it some pretty beefy buffs to the RS-422 railgun, with Arrowhead having slid the weapon's damage numbers upwards in its efforts to deliver the ...

"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." - Theodore Roosevelt "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he ...