China, Japan, US Race to Perfect and Deploy Railguns

December 10, 2023 by Brian Wang

China’s Navy researchers have claimed to have solved issues to make military relevant and useful railguns. China has mounted a single test railgun on a ship since about 2018-2019. China has talked about 32 megajoule power range tests and plans and future 100 megajoule systems. The US is now working with Japan to develop and …

China’s Navy Has a Coilgun for Launching Smart Torpedos at 435 MPH

August 27, 2023 by Brian Wang

The Chinese navy is reportedly testing the planet’s most powerful coil gun which can accelerate a 124kg projectile in a firing test to a speed of 700km/h in less than 0.05 seconds. It was the heaviest known projectile to be used in a coil gun experiment. A normal torpedo move at 58 mph and have …