Lasers, railguns, and hi-velocity projectiles may let warships defend themselves without escalation ...

New photos appear to show the railgun perched on the bow of a Type 072III-class landing ship at sea By Jared Keller Posted on Dec 29, 2018 7:24 PM EST China’s futuristic electromagnetic railgun ...

In a stunning display of technological prowess, Chinese navy engineers have claimed to have developed an electromagnetic rail gun that can fire multiple projectiles at hypersonic speeds without ...

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 ...

A high-velocity projectile leaves the gun at speeds up to seven times ... Defense companies BAE Systems and General Atomics both built electromagnetic railgun prototypes for the Navy, and the ...

The French Navy is set to unveil its new “Silent Killer” weapon—an advanced electromagnetic railgun. This powerful weapon can fire projectiles at a speed of approximately 11,000 km/hr ...