The huge turret housing the prototype railgun on the Haiyang Shan. Chinese internet.
CNBC: U.S. US intelligence report: China will have the world's most powerful naval gun ready for war by 2025
* The warship-mounted electromagnetic railgun is expected to enter China's arsenal by 2025, according to sources with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report.
* Railguns have long appeared on Russian, Iranian and U.S. military wish lists as cost-effective weapons that give navies the might of a cannon with the range of a precision-guided missile.
* China's railgun is capable of striking a target 124 miles away in under 90 seconds, according to the report.
China is currently testing the world's most powerful naval gun and people with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report say it will be ready for war by 2025.
Railguns use electromagnetic energy instead of gunpowder to propel rounds, and China's is capable of striking a target 124 miles away at speeds of up to 1.6 miles per second, according to the report. For perspective, a shot fired from Washington, D.C., could reach Philadelphia in under 90 seconds.
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Update: U.S. Intel Says China To Have Railgun-Armed Ships By 2025 (The Warzone/The Drive)
WNU Editor: Hard to believe that the Chinese are ahead in a weapons program .... but apparently they are.
