Railguns

Part of Japan’s new arsenal in the face of threats from China, North Korea, and Russia

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) achieved the first documented sea-based railgun successful test (Picture source: ALTA)

Japan has conducted the first successful fire test of a shipboard railgun.

This was coordinated under the authority of the Japanese Ministry of Defense, with the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and the Japanese Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA)…