Navy leaders believe the DDG 1000 is the right ship to house the rail gun but that additional study was necessary to examine the risks. Also, with a displacement of 15,482 tons, the DDG 1000 is ...

Japan plans to test its rail gun, which uses electricity to fire projectiles, aiming to enhance its defense against Chinese and North Korean hypersonic missiles, according to local media. The ...

Images circulated online last week show a Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN) vessel equipped with what appears to be a prototype rail gun. The images from China, taken at what appears to be ...

China appears to have beaten the U.S. in the race to mount a rail gun on a battleship, as Popular Mechanics reported Dec. 31. Does it matter? Sort of. Maybe. Rail guns are devices that use ...

Chinese researchers are experimenting with a new rail gun design to help overcome the firepower limitations of existing designs. They believe that stacking two rail guns in an X-shape in a single ...

In late January 2018, photos started circulating on social media showing a Chinese landing ship armed with a large gun turret fitted on its bow where the ship’s anti-aircraft turret would normally be.

Among the many striking displays at the recent Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition was this marvel -- an amphibious warfare ship adapted for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), with three times the ...

We’ve been keeping a close, close eye on the U.S. Navy’s Laser Weapons System since it first appeared, and the more we heard about it, the more we were impressed. This summer, one lucky ship will be ...