Key Points and Summary on Japan's New Railgun - Japan has unveiled a ship-mounted prototype of an electromagnetic railgun, marking a significant step in developing a counter to China's growing ...

Japan has shown off a railgun it would use to shoot down hypersonic missiles. The weapon fires projectiles at 2,500 meters per second - seven times the speed of sound - enabling rapid engagement of ...

As one might expect, Tokyo’s railgun is far cheaper than the Pentagon’s similar project. America’s leadership thinks that the United States military, in its current form, is prepared to fight—and ...