An artist rendering illustrates the Office of Naval Research-funded electromagnetic railgun installed aboard the joint high-speed vessel USNS Millinocket, the vessel initially expected to be used for sea trials. US Navy
Business Insider: The US Navy is talking about finally taking its railgun out to sea for testing aboard a warship
* The US Navy is talking about finally testing its railgun aboard a warship, which would be a milestone achievement for the struggling program.
* The Navy's railgun, the product of more than a decade of research costing more than $500 million, was expected to be tested in 2016, but the test was delayed.
* The US is not the only country chasing this technology. China has already managed to arm a warship — the Type 072III Yuting-class tank-landing ship "Haiyang Shan" — with a railgun.
The US Navy is planning to finally test the electromagnetic railgun it has spent years and hundreds of millions of dollars developing aboard a warship, according to new documents detailing the service's testing and training plans.
Unlike conventional guns, a railgun uses electromagnetic energy rather than explosive charges to fire rounds farther and at six or seven times the speed of sound.
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WNU Editor: I guess this Chinese test pushed the US Navy to do their own .... U.S. Intelligence Report: China Tested Its Naval Electromagnetic Railgun Early This Month (January 30, 2019).
