An electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division test facility in Dahlgren, Va., in 2012. (AP/U.S. Navy)
Business Insider: The US Navy is shelving its dream of a powerful electromagnetic railgun to develop hypersonic missiles and other weapons
* The US Navy is putting its dreams of an electromagnetic railgun on hold to pursue other weapons.
* A Navy spokesperson told the AP that pausing railgun research frees up funds for hypersonic weapons.
* The Navy has been working on a railgun since 2005, but now the Navy appears to be calling it quits.
The US Navy has decided to shelve the research and development of an electromagnetic railgun to build other weapons, such as hypersonic missiles and lasers, the Associated Press reported, citing a Navy spokesperson.
The Navy has been working on a railgun, a cannon that uses electricity rather than gunpowder to fire high-speed rounds out to distances beyond current naval guns, since 2005 and has invested over $500 million in the project, but the service's proposed fiscal year 2022 budget cut all funding for the railgun, The Drive first reported in June.
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WNU Editor: The first sign that the Rail-gun project was going to be killed-off was in this year's budget proposals .... Long In Development Hypervelocity Rounds For Navy Railguns And Deck Guns Killed Off In Budget (Warzone/The Drive).
More News On The US Navy Is Ending Its Electromagnetic Railgun Project
Navy ditches futuristic railgun, eyes hypersonic missiles -- AP
Navy pulls plug on $500 million railgun effort -- The Hill
The US Navy Just Canceled the Railgun. But Hypersonic Missiles Are Still On -- Interesting Engineer
6 comments:
I think this is a bad idea but sadly I'm not surprised.
Hi US Navy I know a Nikola Tesla secret weapon document that is stronger than Nuclear Bomb, do you want it as a gift or are you just pretending you don't know?
Fusion there is an easy fix I think.
Well, as usual, problem of one time will be fixed on an other time. What is done is not wasted. Remember the B2 was the grand son of the XB-35 in 1946!!!!! Yes !!!!!!!
Very good comment by Jac
What role did this gun even serve in the first place that wasn't already adequately filled by powder munitions? We've stopped building battleships because a missile frigate is infinitely more effective than some gunnery officer looking down the rangefinder and eyeballing it.
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