Key Points and Summary – The Navy railgun advanced fast—and then vanished. The reasons were practical: barrels cracked from ...
In 2012, BAE Systems and General Atomics started developing one of the United States Navy’s most ambitious and unique ...
The US Navy was never able to work out how to build a reliable railgun. Japan apparently has. Way back in 2005, as America was still enjoying its “unipolar moment,” the United States Navy began its ...
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) demonstrates the Navy’s electromagnetic railgun initial rep-rate fires of multi-shot salvos at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. The revolutionary ...
Japan's railgun seen here carrying out a test firing from JS Asuka . (Japan Ministry of Defense) Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has carried out test firings of its shipboard ...