Posted on 02/06/2018 5:12:51 AM PST by C19fan
China may be testing a ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun. Leaked photos posted on Twitter last week have revealed what appears to be the massive, hypersonic weapon atop a People’s Liberation Army Navy tank landing ship. While the US has spent millions of dollars and the better part of a decade working to develop a railgun, recent reports suggest the efforts may have been scrapped. If China truly is testing a ship-mounted railgun, the move would make it the first to develop a superweapon of this kind.
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Feb 1, 2018: This Is Our Best View Yet Of China's Ship-Mounted Railgun Prototype
I thought they had developed a laser that could destroy the galaxy. They certainly are busy.
No, it is Russia Russia Russia!
They probably stole the design from us.
The cynic in me says that if the Chinese have a railgun, they stole the technology from us.
hold on... the story says US development of our own rail gun has been stopped.
is this true? when? 0bama again??
Sorry to let the cat out of the bag! From now on I’ll use the codeword ‘Russia’ when I mean China. OK?
The results are too little for the money expended compared to more conventional advanced weapons.
Yes it is a must nowadays.
Obama, no money and of course, Russia.
I’ll bet “did” is a better modifier.
Like any of their technologies. The military jets?
Keep in mind, there are operators in America who have been giving out things, empowering our enemies who are interested in aiding the destruction of America.
BHO was one of them.
Last I heard the gun worked but they had no useable projectiles or something along those lines.
“but they had no useable projectiles or something along those lines.”
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Cost of rare earth slugs is astronomical ($400k - $700k each).
Recall reading that $$$ DDG 1000 went out with a gun and no ammo available when is sailed. Never heard more.
They didn’t develop it, Hillary sold them the plans from ours.
“The cynic in me says that if the Chinese have a railgun, they stole the technology from us.”
I doubt they had to steal it.
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