Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency says it successfully fired a ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun at a real vessel in June–July, using JS Asuka as the ...

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 ...

A railgun uses an electric pulse to generate an electromagnetic force that accelerates a projectile to up to six times the speed of sound.

Japan has made a major technological development in military technology by testing the first ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun in the world in which the electromagnetic weapon was fired at a ...

Japan reached a new defense milestone in the summer of 2025 after successfully test-firing a high-power electromagnetic ...

Japan said it has successfully completed a target test of its railgun, marking a milestone in developing the next-generation weapon capable of firing projectiles at extremely high velocity.

(MENAFN- Asia Times) Japan has fired the first ship-mounted railgun at sea, a hypersonic shot that could rewrite the balance between guns and missiles in naval warfare. This month, Naval News reported ...

TOKYO—Japan plans to conduct a second at-sea test of its developmental railgun in June, as the next phase of the technology’s evolution advances under the leadership of the Acquisition, Technology & ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--Senior Navy leaders will be on hand Dec. 10 at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), a tenant command to Naval Support Facility (NSF), Dahlgren, Va., for a ...

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 ...

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 ...