Air cannons produce visible vortex rings by generating rotating air pressure differences, while electromagnetic cannons emit electromagnetic vortex pulses using coaxial horn antennas. The ...

Photograph taken from a high-speed video camera during a record-setting firing of an electromagnetic railgun at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Va., on January 31, 2008, firing at 10.64MJ with ...

Russia has reportedly developed an electromagnetic cannon that can shoot down aircraft over 10 kilometres away. The electromagnetic railgun has an average effective range of eight kilometres (5 miles) ...

It can fire a solid metal slug at speeds of up to 4,500 mph, or Mach 6. It can hit targets up to 100 nautical miles away. It’s capable of defeating incoming ballistic missiles and liquefying even the ...

October 30, 2025: Sixteen years ago the U.S. Navy decided that it could not replace the current 9,70o-ton Burke class destroyers with the new 15,600 -ton Zumwalt class design. What the Zumwalts lacked ...

The weapon of the future is here. The U.S. Navy released a test fire video Tuesday of its new electromagnetic railgun, a weapon military officials have long heralded as the height of "Star Wars" ...

China’s military scientists have unveiled a new electromagnetic railgun concept that could dramatically alter the balance of long-range weaponry. Detailed in a paper from the People’s Liberation ...

The US Navy is quietly pushing ahead with a radical new cannon that one day could transform how wars are fought, even though some Pentagon officials have voiced concerns over its cost and viability.

The U.S. Marine Corps wants an electromagnetic gun for its new family of Marine Expeditionary Family of Fighting Vehicles (MEFFVs), the MEFFV program manager said April 28. Development of the gun will ...

The Chinese are widely known to have discovered gunpowder more than 1100 years ago, an event that radically changed warfare from what was a very personal, hand-to-hand engagement, to a ...

General Atomics is building 3U cubesats for defense customers today, and is marking larger 6U spacecraft. The company is targeting smallsats up to 500 kilograms. Credit: General Atomics WASHINGTON — ...