Key Points and Summary on Japan's New Railgun - Japan has unveiled a ship-mounted prototype of an electromagnetic railgun, marking a significant step in developing a counter to China's growing ...

Although it has become common in science fiction, the development of a practical railgun has been excruciatingly slow, with the United States abandoning its railgun project in 2022. A key US ally in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Japan plans to test its rail gun, which uses electricity to fire ...

Japan reached a new defense milestone in the summer of 2025 after successfully test-firing a high-power electromagnetic railgun at a moving naval target. According to the Acquisition Technology & ...

Japan has achieved a new milestone in naval defense with the successful shipboard testing of an electromagnetic railgun aboard the JS Asuka. As detailed by Megaprojects, this marks the first time a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The US Navy just armed the Zumwalt with hypersonic missiles. The ship critics called a $7 billion failure is now[...] ...

Tokyo is focusing on next-generation weapons as threats increase in the Indo-Pacific Iona Cleave is a US Correspondent at The Telegraph, based in New York City. Since joining The Telegraph in 2024, ...

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.