After years of troubled development, the Navy's much-hyped electromagnetic railgun appears stuck in research limbo, according to budget documents reviewed by Task & Purpose By Jared Keller Published ...

As dangerous threats to America's safety increase with each passing day, so does the need to combat any potential enemy.For almost 20 years, a leading defense enterprise has been developing a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you think the image above looks frightening, you’re right. The crazy contraption pictured in the image is the first portable ...

Watching old war movies, we expect firing a navy gun to be accompanied by a deafening bang and a dramatic cloud of burnt powder. This being the 21st century, the US Navy has other ideas as it prepares ...

New photos appear to show the railgun perched on the bow of a Type 072III-class landing ship at sea By Jared Keller Published Dec 29, 2018 7:24 PM EST Get Task ...

Imagine a Naval gun so powerful it can shoot a 5-inch projectile up to 220 miles, yet requires no explosives to fire. That's the Navy's futuristic electromagnetic railgun, a project that could be ...

The Navy has spent seven years testing out the components of a way-futuristic weapon: a shipboard cannon that blasts bullets over vast distances at hypersonic speeds using bursts of electricity. But ...

If you think the image above looks frightening, you're right. The crazy contraption pictured in the image is the first portable railgun, a futuristic projectile launcher associated most commonly with ...