The U.S. Navy is channeling fresh investment into electromagnetic railgun-related testing, but the work is not happening ...

The United States Navy has quietly resumed live-fire testing of a prototype electromagnetic railgun.

Railgun Redux. The Navy’s White Sands Detachment (WSD) began testing a Navy railgun again in February at White Sands Missile ...

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 ...

A homemade railgun is built and pushed to the point of testing, using powerful electrical energy to launch a metal projectile ...

The Navy's most futuristic weapons will remain more fi than sci. The Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday voted to eliminate funding for two of the Navy’s still-in-development guns: the free ...

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 ...

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 China’s futuristic electromagnetic railgun may ...

The U.S. Navy's electromagnetic railgun is essentially a superweapon—a cannon that uses no chemical propellants to fire a tungsten projectile at speeds up to Mach 7 (5,800 mph) over distances of 100 ...