CNBC: US intelligence report: China will have the world's most powerful naval gun ready for war by 2025
* The warship-mounted electromagnetic railgun is expected to enter China's arsenal by 2025, according to sources with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report.
* Railguns have long appeared on Russian, Iranian and U.S. military wish lists as cost-effective weapons that give navies the might of a cannon with the range of a precision-guided missile.
* China's railgun is capable of striking a target 124 miles away in under 90 seconds, according to the report.
China is currently testing the world's most powerful naval gun and people with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report say it will be ready for war by 2025.
Railguns use electromagnetic energy instead of gunpowder to propel rounds, and China's is capable of striking a target 124 miles away at speeds of up to 1.6 miles per second, according to the report. For perspective, a shot fired from Washington, D.C., could reach Philadelphia in under 90 seconds.
Railguns have long appeared on Russian, Iranian and U.S. military wish lists as cost-effective weapons that give navies the might of a cannon with the range of a precision-guided missile.
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Update: China Just Blew The US Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun Out Of The Water (Task & Purpose)
WNU Editor: Even if this railgun does not perform as advertised, the Chinese have given the U.S. a heads-up that they have prioritized developing weapon systems that will give them an edge in any conflict.
3 comments:
Alarmist nonsense meant to drive funding. Knowing human nature, I'm sure China's military industrial complex is as wasteful, fraudulent and dreadful as America's.
I'm sure it's also lead by as many fat-headed nincompoops as our is.
Unless it can fire under water the hunter killer attack class won't care.
I have no idea why we still trade with China at the level that we do if we can outsource to places like Taiwan, Malaysia etc. This would enable them to rise enough collectively to counter China whilst disempowering the Chinese. Its a shame that the US does not functionally perceive the Chinese as the adversary that they are. They will be a big problem in the future.
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