President Donald Trump’s recent announcement that the Navy will build “battleships” again was not the only blast from the past. If they are ever built, the ships would each feature an electromagnetic ...

Japan’s railgun is making headlines as it’s showcased aboard a test ship. This weapon can launch projectiles at hypersonic speeds without using explosives or gunpowder—designed to intercept ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy has shelved its ambitious electromagnetic railgun, citing cost, technical risk, and brutal rail-wear issues. -Japan is taking the opposite approach. Tokyo’s ...

"As dangerous threats to America's safety increase with each passing day, so does the need to combat any potential enemy. For almost 20 years, a leading defense enterprise has been developing a ...

Railgun has hosted some $4 billion in private transactions since its launch. It has recently been integrated into a new Ethereum developer toolkit. Railgun has processed a record $1.6 billion in ...

Although it has become common in science fiction, the development of a practical railgun has been excruciatingly slow, with the United States abandoning its railgun project in 2022. A key US ally in ...

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The fighters in military-style uniforms pointed their rifles at the three unarmed men and ordered them out onto a sunny balcony, before barking at them to pause. “One minute. You want to film them?” ...

Instead of gunpowder, railgun technology uses electromagnetic energy to fire a projectile along a set of rails at ultra-high velocity. Instead of using gunpowder to shoot an artillery shell, railgun ...

North Korea has issued a warning to Japan over its upcoming test-fire of a prototype railgun. The futuristic weapon signals Japan is mulling a preemptive attack on the nuclear-armed country, state ...

Japan plans to test its rail gun, which uses electricity to fire projectiles, aiming to enhance its defense against Chinese and North Korean hypersonic missiles, according to local media. The ...

As one might expect, Tokyo’s railgun is far cheaper than the Pentagon’s similar project. America’s leadership thinks that the United States military, in its current form, is prepared to fight—and ...