electromagnetic rail-guns

The development of rail guns and other directed-energy weapons are the future of maritime superiority. ... If Beijing successfully develops what experts say could be a working rail gun, then China would have accomplished something the United States has been working on for more than a decade and has ...

China has confirmed it has a warship-mounted electromagnetic rail gun, and that sea tests are underway. It's a new weapon that abandons conventional gunpowder for intense — but carefully controlled — magnetic fields. These can accelerate projectiles to enormous speeds — making them fly further and ...

The Durham delegation of the North Carolina General Assembly held a town hall meeting Thursday night, but only drew about a dozen people. It was held on a rainy night in East Durham with about a week's notice. N.C. Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr. (D-District 20) wasn't happy about it. He arrived at the Holton ...

Developed initially for an Electromagnetic Rail Gun next-generation weapon, a Hyper Velocity Projectile, or HVP, is now being examined for a range of additional applications. The HVP can travel at speeds up to 2,000 meters per second when fired from a Rail Gun, a speed which is about three times that of ...

It is undoubtedly the best way to move mountains, exterminate sparrows, build backyard smelters and indulge in dreams of tokamak fusion reactors or ship-borne rail guns. If, of course, any of these are really what we want to do. And it is in answering this question of whether they really are what we want to ...

The news comes as news China could be developing a terrifying ship-mounted rail gun that could significantly upgrade the country's naval warfare capabilities. Experts say that images being shared on social media show the warship Haiyang Shan being loaded with the space-age weapon. A rail gun is a ...

Photographs of a rail gun mounted on a warship docked in Wuhan, Hubei province, have surfaced on Chinese military websites in the last week, indicating the People's Liberation Army Navy is testing the electromagnetic weapon and has been able to make it more compact. Rail guns use electromagnetic ...

AI submarines, ship-mounted rail guns, and other Chinese military tech ... China has launched the world's first ship-mounted rail gun, a type of electromagnetic weapon that “has the potential to fire shells with enough force to destroy a warship and precision to shoot down a satellite,” the SCMP separately ...

China is believed to be testing the world's first ship-mounted rail gun, a technology that military experts say has the potential to fire shells with enough force to destroy a ... The US has researched and tested rail guns for years, with prototypes firing projectiles at up to 7,800km/hour over a 150km range.

It also means that you don't need to transport explosive propellants or warheads, which could make a rail gun-toting warship much safer than traditional vessels. Details of China's rail gun have been leaked online by an analyst called Dafeng Cao, who observes China's People's Liberation Army Navy ...

But an electromagnetic rail gun does away with many of these negatives. ... The Chinese government newspaper encourages speculation that the Type 072 II landing ship named Haiyangshan had been fitted with a rail gun, stating the China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation had announced a ...

The appearance of the weapon in Wuchang is perhaps not a coincidence; a nearby facility is thought to contain a prototype for China's electromagnetically assisted launch system (EMALS), intended for its future aircraft carriers. Rail guns use electromagnetic energy to accelerate a projectile to hypersonic ...

A Chinese ship has been spotted with a large gun on its bow that may be a rail gun. If it is a railgun it will be the first time such a weapon has been successfully installed on a ship. The US is scaling back its rail gun program while China is focusing on developing electromagnetic technology for its military.

Navy leaders believe the DDG 1000 is the right ship to house the rail gun but that additional study was necessary to examine the risks. Also, with a displacement of 15,482 tons, the DDG 1000 is 65-percent larger than existing 9,500- ton Aegis cruisers and destroyers. Propelled by an electrical current and ...

Designed to double the muzzle velocity of all naval artillery weapons to hypersonic speeds up to Mach 6, the Navy's rail gun system uses advanced technology that is a pain in the ass to understand — until now. Militarized rail guns use electromagnetism to propel a conductive armature housing which ...

The promise of this seemingly futuristic weapon system is no longer a thing of mystery, speculation or sci-fi movies but rather somehing nearing operational use in combat. The weapon brings such force, power and range that is the kind of thing which could hold enemies at risk from greater distances and ...

As outlined by Financial Times, the Chinese have made rail guns for battleships, these rail guns fire projectiles at a faster and further rate than any conventional cannon the US uses. These are scary developments for all Americans because our military is what gives us superior standing in the world, our ...

As outlined by Financial Times, the Chinese have made rail guns for battleships, these rail guns fire projectiles at a faster and further rate than any conventional cannon the US uses. These are scary developments for all Americans because our military is what gives us superior standing in the world, our ...

Rail guns are cannons that can accelerate shells using large amounts of electromagnetic force. They have a range of 200km, about 10 times that of conventional cannons. They deliver significantly more destructive and speedier projectiles. Chinese authorities remain mum about rail gun-equipped ships, ...

No fuel required. Launch using electromagnetic rail gun powered by a big PV installation. Could launch from the moon also, lower gravity, no atmosphere, so you'd lose less of each rock to heat ablation but would probably need a manned moon base. If we can't do it on the moon might as well forget Mars, ...

And, at least during rail gun death matches, the stats and abilities didn't have too much bearing on the high-risk, high-reward, lighting-quick shooting and dodging. Quake Champions will eventually be free to play, but currently costs $30 to play in early access on Steam. Gamers who pine for the days of ...

"Our country may have developed the world's first warship equipped with a rail gun," a comment on Chinese social media said. The comment went up after a photo was posted showing a warship with what looks like rail gun equipment. That was early February, and the photo quickly went viral. Rail guns are ...