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US Navy announces sea trials for electromagnetic railgun

The US Navy is preparing to install and test a prototype electromagnetic railgun on a Spearhead-class joint high speed vessel (JHSV) in 2016 as part of a program to develop the naval artillery of the future.

General Atomics' electromagnetic railgun prototype

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U.S. Navy evaluating a second railgun prototype

The Office of Naval Research is now evaluating the second of two electromagnetic railgun prototypes.

The first full-energy shots from the electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher captured from a high-speed camera (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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First industry railgun prototype launcher gets all fired up

The electromagnetic (EM) railgun prototype launcher that was recently installed at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Dahlgren, Virginia, has commenced firing, kicking off a two-month-long series of full-energy tests.

The first firing of the railgun in January 2008, was an historic and spectacular occasion

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The electric cannon delivers shells over 200 miles at Mach 5

February 18, 2009 Think of the electromagnetic railgun as an electric cannon which uses electrical energy instead of chemical propellant to launch projectiles a