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Japan Becomes 1st Country Ever To Fire Electromagnetic Railgun From An Offshore Vessel (www.eurasiantimes.com)
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Japan Becomes 1st Country Ever To Fire Electromagnetic Railgun From An Offshore Vessel::Japan has successfully test-fired a medium-caliber maritime electromagnetic railgun from an offshore platform, as it continues to advance its defenses in the face of burgeoning regional security threats.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the JMSDF has gotten to this phase of development, I’m gonna have to assume they’ve either made some advances in material science that deal with the extremely accelerated corrosion/ablation in the rails/barrel, or have come up with a reasonable way to quickly swap the wear components out. Who knows - maybe it’s as simple as a spool of conductive wire/metal strip runs down the length of the barrel and gets refreshed with every shot?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe they just a ton of lube, butter that bad boy up before a big battle and let a rip!