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 ...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) demonstrates the Navy's electromagnetic railgun initial rep-rate fires of multi-shot ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command, or NAVSEA, announced it has begun engineering studies preparatory to installing an electromagnetic railgun aboard a U.S. warship. Now, we've ...

Advanced naval guns that could replace land-attack and anti-ship missiles as well as defend warships from ballistic and cruise missiles have taken a step forward with the start of prototype ...

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 ...

Good will, prestige, someone to look up to, diplomatic muscle, and economic power, are more important to maintaining the status as a superpower, more than military might (although the military is ...