Leaked photos suggest China may now have a hypersonic railgun
Found on New Scientist on Saturday, 03 February 2018
Photos published online yesterday suggest that China may be testing a ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun.
In tests, prototype weapons shot projectiles at speeds around 7800 kilometres an hour – more than Mach 6 – with a range of around 150 kilometres. But after sinking $500 billion into the project, the US government pulled the plug last year.
Meanwhile, the western nations are blocking each other in a futile attempt to forge the United States of Europe after they turned democracy into a toothless tiger.