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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

#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 ...

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 ...

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 ...