In theory, a railgun would be safer and potentially cheaper to fire than traditional weapons. Navy plans have called for installing the railgun on the Navy's three DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class ...

As Japan's biggest defence exhibition kicked off this week, visitors got a close-up look at a model of its futuristic ...

It really leaves you nowhere to hide.” If the railgun was just a theory in 1996, in 2016 it’s a few months from being a very scary reality. Recently, the United States Navy revealed their ...

China has indirectly confirmed that it was testing what would be the world's first warship-mounted railgun, a powerful electromagnetic weapon that even the U.S. Navy has struggled to bring to sea ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On October 17, Japan’s military announced it had successfully test ...

Instead of gunpowder, railgun technology uses electromagnetic energy to fire a projectile along a set of rails at ultra-high velocity. The round will then in theory destroy the target, which could ...