On October 17, Japan’s military announced it had successfully test-fired a railgun on board a ship. The test was conducted by the Acquisition Technology and Logistics Agency, Japan’s rough DARPA ...
Key Points and Summary - The Navy railgun advanced fast—and then vanished. The reasons were practical: barrels cracked from brutal heat and electromagnetic stress in under 30 shots, fire rates lagged, ...
Japan says it successfully test fired its medium-caliber maritime electromagnetic railgun via an offshore platform. According to its Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), this was the ...
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Hypersonic promise and hard reality: The railgun dilemma on America’s future battleship
Meet the ‘most lethal surface warship to appear in a long, long time’ the Trump-class battleship, which will be the next ...
I guess my comment on ablation was nonsense because railgun projectiles don't go that fast for ablation to happen. They're also shaped to minimize aero drag at Mach 7. On the other hand, I've read ...
With its program to develop prototype electromagnetic rail guns entering its second phase, the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is launching an initiative to develop technology for a projectile for ...
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