New images reveal Japan’s progress in developing an electromagnetic railgun mounted on the test ship JS Asuka, with the first live-fire trials at sea expected later this month.

As Japan's biggest defence exhibition kicked off this week, visitors got a close-up look at a model of its futuristic "railgun" that its makers hope will be able to shoot down hypersonic missiles.

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Japan showcases its electromagnetic railgun, developed to intercept hypersonic missiles. Learn about the tech, challenges, and future of this defense system.

Japan has released images of its shipboard electromagnetic (EM) railgun, which suggest that the weapon system will soon undergo a wider variety of at-sea trials.

A Japanese naval experimental ship was spotted underway on Thursday with what appeared to be an electromagnetic railgun, a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles using electricity.

China’s researchers recently claimed to have developed a working electromagnetic railgun, potentially providing the PLA with one of the most disruptive new weapons of the 21st century.

For the test-firing, the railgun was mounted on the JS Asuka, an Asuka-class research ship that has been a testbed for missile and sensor technologies in the past. Janes reports that crucial details ...

The Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD) has given further details on its intentions behind the country's electromagnetic (EM) railgun programme.

The force generated acts on the "bullet," which is what launches it out of the railgun, according to How Stuff Works. Railguns do have advantages in both speed and efficiency.

A railgun uses electromagnetic energy to accelerate a projectile very, very quickly. However, the US has recently turned away from the tech.

The Navy—solid state lasers (SSLs), the electromagnetic railgun (EMRG), and the gun-launched guided projectile (GLGP) [aka hypervelocity projectile (HVP)] for about a decade. The US Navy’s proposed ...