There’s dead, mostly dead, and then there’s the Navy’s railgun, which appears to have been resurrected along with the battleship.

In early April, a ship sailed out from Yokosuka port bearing what might be the future of naval warfare. Mounted on the deck of the JS Asuka, a test ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, was a ...

As one might expect, Tokyo’s railgun is far cheaper than the Pentagon’s similar project. America’s leadership thinks that the United States military, in its current form, is prepared to fight—and ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: China is optimistic about mounting plasma weapons on something as small as a tank despite challenges other militaries have had in developing the technology.... Here’s ...

Instead of gunpowder, railgun technology uses electromagnetic energy to fire a projectile along a set of rails at ultra-high velocity. Instead of using gunpowder to shoot an artillery shell, railgun ...

Chinese researchers are experimenting with a new rail gun design to help overcome the firepower limitations of existing designs. They believe that stacking two rail guns in an X-shape in a single ...