As Japan's biggest defense exhibition kicked off this week, visitors got a close-up look at a model of its futuristic 'railgun' that its makers hope will be able to shoot down hypersonic missiles.

Railgun technology uses electromagnetic energy to fire a projectile along a set of rails at ultra-high velocity.

#ATLA has accomplished ship-board firing test of railgun first time in the world with the cooperation of the JMSDF. To protect vessels against air-threats and surface-threats by high-speed bullets ...

The railgun was pictured by Japan’s Maritime ... weapon system started in 2016 and it carried out its first onboard firing test in October 2023. Incredible footage from the firing test showed ...

The railgun was pictured by Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) undergoing some advanced testing. JMSDF confirmed that the commander of its Self Defense Fleet Vice Admiral Omachi ...

This confirmation followed an announcement from the MoD's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) in the same month disclosing that the first shipboard firing of the EM railgun had taken ...

ATLA had announced in October 2023 that it had carried the first ship board firing test of a railgun. Japan’s FY2024 defense budget allocated US $167.1 million for research on a future railgun ...

Since then, the project has moved into a new phase titled “Research on the Future Railgun,” scheduled to run through 2026. This phase focuses not only on firing performance, but also on ...

#ATLA has accomplished ship-board firing test of railgun first time in the world with the cooperation of the JMSDF. To protect vessels against air-threats and surface-threats by high-speed bullets ...

The Rail Gun acts a little differently when compared to the other guns in Fortnite. When firing the Rail Gun, you must charge the shot to deal damage. You can unleash the shot early, but the shot ...

Consequently, Helldivers 2 should consider experimenting with new and creative firing modes for support weapons inspired by the Railgun’s Unsafe mode for the existing support weapons ...

The Chinese navy has tested an electromagnetic rail gun, firing a smart bomb 15km (9 miles) high into the stratosphere at a speed exceeding Mach 5, according to scientists involved in the project.