Discover the science and technology behind the electromagnetic railgun, a revolutionary long-range naval weapon that uses ...

TOKYO – Japan is pushing ahead with efforts to field an electrically powered railgun capable of firing projectiles six times the speed of sound and defending against hypersonic missiles. The railgun ...

Military technology rarely stands still—and neither do the threats it’s built to counter. At one of Asia’s largest defense expos this week, Japan offered a glimpse of where future battlefields may be ...

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The U.S. Navy pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity. The Navy spent more than a decade developing the ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Pictures surfacing online appear to show a new weapon developed in ...

It fires a 40-pound metal slug up to 5,600 miles per hour from New York to Philadelphia, slamming into its target with 32 times the force of a “1-ton car being thrust at 100 mph.” Railguns aren’t ...

China has indirectly confirmed that it was testing what would be the world's first warship-mounted railgun, a powerful electromagnetic weapon that even the U.S. Navy has struggled to bring to sea, ...