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Jul 5, 2018
Threat News

China’s ‘supergun’ to be fitted to new destroyers

News.com.au: BEIJING’s determination to ‘leapfrog’ the United States in defence technology has taken another jump forward, with the launch of…

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Jun 25, 2018
Missile Defense News

Future Navy weapons will need lots of power. That’s a huge engineering challenge.

Defense News: The Navy is convinced that the next generation of ships will need to integrate lasers, electromagnetic rail guns…

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Jun 22, 2018
Threat News

US intelligence report: China will have the world’s most powerful naval gun ready for war by 2025

CNBC: China is currently testing the world’s most powerful naval gun and people with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence…

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Jun 8, 2018
Missile Defense News

Russia and China perfected ‘carrier killer’ missiles for decades — here’s how the US’s new carrier can stop them

Business Insider: The US Navy’s new USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier cost $13 billion dollars and will set to…

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Jul 5, 2017
Other News

The Ultimate Missile Defense: Sci-Fi-Style Railguns

National Interest: As part of its proposed $171.5 billion fiscal year 2018 budget request, the Navy carved out a hefty…

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Mar 1, 2017
Missile Defense News

BAE Systems acquires railgun developer

C4ISR: BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of IAP Research, an electronics firm that has worked on the U.S. Navy’s…

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Jan 3, 2017
Missile Defense News

Pentagon to Accelerate Rail Gun Projectile Weapon – Fires From Army Howitzer

Scout Warrior: The Navy is accelerating developmental testing of its high-tech, long-range Electro-Magnetic Rail Gun Hyper Velocity Projectile — such…

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Sep 15, 2016
Missile Defense News

Pentagon to Accelerate Rail Gun Projectile Weapon – Fires From Army Howitzer

Scout/Warrior: An Army Howitzer is now firing a 5,000-miles per hour, high-tech, electromagnetic Hyper Velocity Projectile, initially developed as a…

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