The U.S. Navy has shelved its ambitious electromagnetic railgun, citing cost, technical risk, and brutal rail-wear issues.

The US Navy was never able to work out how to build a reliable railgun. Japan apparently has. Way back in 2005, as America was still enjoying its “unipolar moment,” the United States Navy began its ...

Japan reached a new defense milestone in the summer of 2025 after successfully test-firing a high-power electromagnetic railgun at a moving naval target. According to the Acquisition Technology & ...

Japan's railgun seen here carrying out a test firing from JS Asuka . (Japan Ministry of Defense) Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has carried out test firings of its shipboard ...

The U.S. government has canceled $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine research, raising concerns about future vaccine development. Kristen Dahlgren, CEO of the Cancer Vaccine Coalition, remains ...

Former Missouri swimmer Jack Dahlgren swimming in the 50 free preliminary race at the Toyota U.S. Open Championship on December 5, 2024. / Missouri Swimming and Diving University of Missouri swimming ...

The United States looked sharp during the first two days of the World University Games in Berlin, and that fact did not change during Saturday’s prelim session. Team USA posted the fastest-two times ...

Inside most dugouts these days, a baseball game doubles as a film festival. Follow a frustrated hitter back to the bench and chances are he’ll call up the video on an iPad to deconstruct the wayward ...

Step inside our workshop as we assemble a functioning railgun using copper rails, a capacitor bank, and a whole lot of planning. From the wiring to the first successful launch, we show every moment of ...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin transferred around $2.6 million worth of tokens through the privacy-focused protocol Railgun on Wednesday, in what appears to be both a routine financial ...

Instead of gunpowder, railgun technology uses electromagnetic energy to fire a projectile along a set of rails at ultra-high velocity. Instead of using gunpowder to shoot an artillery shell, railgun ...

North Korea has issued a warning to Japan over its upcoming test-fire of a prototype railgun. The futuristic weapon signals Japan is mulling a preemptive attack on the nuclear-armed country, state ...