Saturday, February 3, 2018

Is China Prepping To Test An Electromagnetic Railgun At Sea?


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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More News On China Preparing To Test An Electromagnetic Railgun At Sea

Photos suggest China is prepping to test a electromagnetic railgun at sea -- Defense News
Is This Chinese Navy Ship Equipped With An Experimental Electromagnetic Railgun? -- The Drive
Is China Getting Ready To Test a Railgun? -- Popular Mechanics
Chinese Navy ship reportedly spotted with a deadly electromagnetic railgun – see images -- International Business Times
Looks like China just installed a railgun on a warship, beating the US Navy to the punch -- Popular Science
It looks like China is about to test a futuristic railgun as the US Navy puts the brakes on its $500 million program -- Business Insider
China Flexes New Electromagnetic Railgun-Armed Warship (PHOTOS) -- Sputnik International

3 comments:

Unknown said...

They "ain't" dumb.

Or 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.

jac said...

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.

Jay Farquharson said...

General concensus from leaked photos is:

Yes,
Range, 150 to 300nm
Warhead, a 15kilo tungsten steel alloy hitting with up to 300 kilonewtons.