As the South China Morning Post reports, the rail gun test lobbed a precision-guided projectile — or smart bomb — nine miles into the stratosphere. But because it apparently didn't go up as ...

The rail gun will essentially be a giant electromagnetic launch track used to accelerate a hypersonic aircraft to Mach 1.6 - meaning it will be travelling at almost twice the speed of sound (Mach 2).

Chinese scientists are working on a giant electromagnetic launch track to launch a massive 50-ton space plane that's longer than a Boeing 737 into orbit. As the South China Morning Post reports, the ...

Rail guns play a major part in nearly every fanciful battle of the future, whether it be giant robots fighting for control of the Inner Sphere or the last remaining member of Noble Team holding ...

Meet Your Macher China's navy has apparently tested out its hypersonic rail gun — but during a demonstration of its power, things didn't go quite as planned. As the South China Morning Post reports, ...