Key Points and Summary - The Navy railgun advanced fast—and then vanished. The reasons were practical: barrels cracked from brutal heat and electromagnetic stress in under 30 shots, fire rates lagged, ...

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 ...

CAMDEN - Gun barrels manufactured and fired during World War II returned ahead of schedule Monday to the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial on the city waterfront. The 16-inch/50-caliber rifle ...

A battleship gun barrel used by the Navy in World War II that seemed destined for the scrapyard will soon get a second life. Coast Defense Study Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving ...

Images circulated online last week show a Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN) vessel equipped with what appears to be a prototype rail gun. The images from China, taken at what appears to be ...