China’s navy has apparently tested out a hypersonic rail gun — basically a device that uses a series of electromagnets to accelerate a projectile to incredible speeds — but during a demonstration of ...

Discover the science and technology behind the electromagnetic railgun, a revolutionary long-range naval weapon that uses ...

With its program to develop prototype electromagnetic rail guns entering its second phase, the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is launching an initiative to develop technology for a projectile for ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: China is optimistic about mounting plasma weapons on something as small as a tank despite challenges other militaries have had in developing the technology.... Here’s ...

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on three potential new ship-based self-defense weapons for the Navy—solid state lasers (SSLs), the electromagnetic railgun (EMRG), ...

Rail gun is energized and aluminum mass is turned into a plasma and the controlled electromagnetic forces guide the plasma with the projectile ahead of it out the barrel at ludicrous speed. Hence, you ...