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Defense News: Photos suggest China is prepping to test a electromagnetic railgun at sea
MELBOURNE, Australia — Images published online appear to suggest China has mounted what looks to be a prototype electromagnetic railgun on a ship, and started trials with the possibility of testing it at sea in the near future.
If confirmed, this would make China the first country in the world to mount such a system on board a ship and take it out to sea.
The series of photos on social media shows a large turret with what appears to be a gun barrel mounted on the front of the Haiyangshan, a 7,000-ton Type 072-III Landing Ship Tank of China’s People’s Liberation Army – Navy or PLAN.
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They "ain't" dumb.
ReplyDeleteOr you could put up a mock up,that gets foreign intelligence services worried as all Hell so that their assets scurry around so much that they are found out.
Does this boat has electric energy enough for conducting a test? May be yes if the projectile is small, the speed average and the range modest.
ReplyDeleteGeneral concensus from leaked photos is:
DeleteYes,
Range, 150 to 300nm
Warhead, a 15kilo tungsten steel alloy hitting with up to 300 kilonewtons.