So, the railgun can fire rounds at hypersonic velocities. They deliver destructive energy through sheer speed and kinetic force rather than explosive payloads. Japan’s railgun was first tested ...

The word "railgun" invokes images of an impossibly destructive weapon annihilating monsters and aliens. But the railgun is real -- and the U.S. Navy has proved it in a record-setting test.

The railgun projectile instead gains speed as it travels the length of a 32-foot barrel, exiting the muzzle at 4,500 miles an hour, or more than a mile a second.

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 ...

Conventional guns, like those fitted on Navy ships today, use explosive propellants such as gunpowder to fire projectiles. The Navy’s current railgun, still a laboratory prototype, instead ...

The electromagnetic railgun developed by BAE Systems for the U.S. Navy has a lot going for it. It is smaller than a conventional cannon. It can fire a projectile up to 4,600 mph, or around Mach 6 ...

The Navy's electromagnetic railgun launcher uses the Lorentz force to hurl a 23-pound projectile at speeds exceeding Mach 7.

Say hello to the Navy’s little friend. Navy scientists set a world record Friday during a test of an electromagnetic railgun, a tractor-trailer sized weapon that sends a 20-pound projectile r… ...

The railgun has a range of more than 100 miles. It fires projectiles that destroy targets not with high explosive, but by smashing into them at hypersonic speeds.

The US Navy has announced plans to deploy its first ever electromagnetic railgun, a “game changing” device that fires projectiles without explosives over a distance of 100 miles and at seven ...

Generating the railgun's electromagnetic fields requires a capacitor base that only "electric warships" like the USS Zumwalt can currently generate, as Task & Purpose previously reported in ...