Japan signed a railgun technology cooperation agreement with France and Germany in May 2024, involving joint research through the French-German Research Institute. European interest in this new weapon ...

Key Points and Summary – The Navy railgun advanced fast—and then vanished. The reasons were practical: barrels cracked from ...

Chinese researchers are experimenting with a new rail gun design to help overcome the firepower limitations of existing designs. They believe that stacking two rail guns in an X-shape in a single ...

As Japan's biggest defence 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.

SINGAPORE—Japan reportedly is interested in U.S. railgun technology at a time when Tokyo is investing heavily in long-range strike systems. Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) ...

Japan’s defense acquisition organization says it has struck an agreement with authorities in France and Germany to explore railgun technology. The aim of the collaboration is to work toward “early ...

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WTF?! In news that certainly sounds concerning, China's navy has reportedly tested an electromagnetic rail gun by firing a smart bomb nine miles into the stratosphere at a speed exceeding Mach 5 ...

Instead of gunpowder, railgun technology uses electromagnetic energy to fire a projectile along a set of rails at ultra-high velocity. Instead of using gunpowder to shoot an artillery shell, railgun ...