The US canceled it railgun program because the US could not prevent too much damage to the railgun barrel. The China Navy railgun reported the ability to achieve continuous firing. The weapon retained ...

The Chinese navy has tested an electromagnetic rail gun, firing a smart bomb 15km (9 miles) high into the stratosphere at a speed exceeding Mach 5, according to scientists involved in the project.

A group of Chinese navy engineers claim to have built an electromagnetic rail gun that can swiftly fire a multitude of projectiles without sustaining damage. Even during continuous firing ...

Smartplanet – the first Navy railgun prototype was developed by military contractor BAE systems and a second railgun was developed by General Atomics. General Atomics recently announced a successful ...

Yup, the Office of Naval Research is about to start test firing a BAE Systems-built railgun and another made by General Atomics (watch a badass video of the GA gun in action here.) Basically ...

#ATLA has accomplished ship-board firing test of railgun first time in the world with the cooperation of the JMSDF. To protect vessels against air-threats and surface-threats by high-speed bullets ...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense made maritime history by firing the first railgun from a battleship. Its Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) tested it alongside the Japanese Maritime ...

Well, the Office of Naval Research has begun test firing BAE's new 32-megajoule railgun and we've got the video to prove it. Remember, the Navy wants a 20 to 32 megajoule railgun that can fire a ...

DAHLGREN, Va. (Jan. 31, 2008) Photograph taken from a high-speed video camera during a record-setting firing of an electromagnetic railgun (EMRG) at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Va., on ...