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reach several times the speed of sound faster than a missile; because of this, it can hit a target, such as a cruise missile, much faster and farther away from the ship. Projectiles are also typically much cheaper and smaller, allowing for many more to be carried (they have no guidance systems, and rely on the railgun to supply their kinetic energy, rather than providing it themselves). The speed, cost, and numerical advantages of railgun systems may allow them to replace several different systems in the current layered defense approach. A railgun projectile without the ability to change course can hit fast-moving missiles at a maximum range of 30 nmi (35 mi; 56 km). As is the case with the
Phalanx CIWS, unguided railgun rounds will require multiple/many shots to bring down maneuvering supersonic anti-ship missiles, with the odds of hitting the missile improving dramatically the closer it gets. The Navy plans for railguns to be able to intercept
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compared with $ 5,000/kg on the conventional rocket. The McNab railgun could make approximately 2000 launches per year, for a total of maximum 500 tons launched per year. Because the launch track would be 1.6 km long, power will be supplied by a distributed network of 100 rotating machines (compulsator) spread along the track. Each machine would have a 3.3-ton carbon fibre rotor spinning at high speeds. A machine can recharge in a matter of hours using 10 MW power. This machine could be supplied by a dedicated generator. The total launch package would weigh almost 1.4 tons. Payload per launch in these conditions is over 400 kg. There would be a peak operating magnetic field of 5 T—half of this coming from the rails, and the other half from augmenting magnets. This halves the required current through the rails, which reduces the power fourfold.
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Services Committee, Chief of Naval Research Admiral Matthew Klunder stated, "Barrel life has increased from tens of shots to over 400, with a program path to achieve 1000 shots." However, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) will not confirm that the 400 shots are full-power shots. Further, there is nothing published to indicate there are any high megajoule-class railguns with the capability of firing hundreds of full-power shots while staying within the strict operational parameters necessary to fire railgun shots accurately and safely. Railguns should be able to fire 6 rounds per minute with a rail life of about 3000 rounds, tolerating launch accelerations of tens of thousands of g's, extreme pressures and megaampere currents, but this is not feasible with current technology.
1169:. As part of the CCEMG program, UT-CEM designed and developed the Cannon-Caliber Electromagnetic Launcher, a rapid-fire railgun launcher, in 1995. Featuring a 30-mm roundbore, the launcher was capable of firing three, five-round salvos of 185-g launch packages at a muzzle velocity of 1850 m/s and a firing rate of 5 Hz. Rapid-fire operation was achieved by driving the launcher with multiple 83544 peak pulses provided by the CCEMG compulsator. The CCEMG railgun included several features: ceramic sidewalls, directional preloading, and liquid cooling. ARL was responsible for assessing the performance of the launcher, which was tested at the ARL Transonic Experimental Facility in
737:, (which achieve up to 10MJ at the muzzle), but with greater range. This decreases ammunition size and weight, allowing more ammunition to be carried and eliminating the hazards of carrying explosives or propellants in a tank or naval weapons platform. Also, by firing more aerodynamically streamlined projectiles at greater velocities, railguns may achieve greater range, less time to target, and at shorter ranges less wind drift, bypassing the physical limitations of conventional firearms: "the limits of gas expansion prohibit launching an unassisted projectile to velocities greater than about 1.5 km/s and ranges of more than 50 miles from a practical conventional gun system."
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to erode the rails rapidly. Under high-use conditions, current railguns would require frequent replacement of the rails, or to use a heat-resistant material that would be conductive enough to produce the same effect. At this time it is generally acknowledged that it will take major breakthroughs in materials science and related disciplines to produce high-powered railguns capable of firing more than a few shots from a single set of rails. The barrel must withstand these conditions for up to several rounds per minute for thousands of shots without failure or significant degradation. These parameters are well beyond the state of the art in materials science.
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axes, high electromagnetic fields (E > 5,000 V/m, B > 2 T), and surface temperatures of > 800 deg C. The package should be able to operate in the presence of any plasma that may form in the bore or at the muzzle exit and must also be radiation hardened owing to exo-atmospheric flight. Total power consumption must be less than 8 watts (threshold)/5 watts (objective) and the battery life must be at least 5 minutes (from initial launch) to enable operation during the entire engagement. In order to be affordable, the production cost per projectile must be as low as possible, with a goal of less than $ 1,000 per unit.
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electromagnetic gun-launched projectiles using jump tests. In 2004, ARL researchers published papers examining the interaction of high temperature plasmas for the purpose of developing efficient railgun igniters. Early papers describe the plasma-propellant interaction group at ARL and their attempts to understand and distinguish between the chemical, thermal, and radiation effect of plasmas on conventional solid propellants. Using scanning electron microscopy and other diagnostic techniques, they evaluated in detail the influence of plasmas on specific propellant materials.
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that the recoil force acts on the breech closure just as in a chemical firearm. The rails also repel themselves via a sideways force caused by the rails being pushed by the magnetic field, just as the projectile is. The rails need to survive this without bending and must be very securely mounted. Currently published material suggests that major advances in material science must be made before rails can be developed that allow railguns to fire more than a few full-power shots before replacement of the rails is required.
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the quantities of potentially dangerous chemical propellants and explosives employed. Ground combat forces, however, may find that co-locating an additional electrical power supply on the battlefield for every gun system may not be as weight and space efficient, survivable, or convenient a source of immediate projectile-launching energy as conventional propellants, which are manufactured safely behind the lines and delivered to the weapon, pre-packaged, through a robust and dispersed logistics system.
1180:, one of five university and industry laboratories that ARL federated to procure technical support. It housed the two electromagnetic launchers, the Leander OAT and the AugOAT, as well as the Medium Caliber Launcher. The facility also provided a power system that included thirteen 1- MJ capacitor banks, an assortment of electromagnetic launcher devices and diagnostic apparatuses. The focus of the research activity was on designs, interactions and materials required for electromagnetic launchers.
1150:), BRL procured their own railguns for study such as their one-meter railgun and their four-meter rail gun. In 1984, BRL researchers devised a technique to analyze the residue left behind on the bore surface after a shot was fired in order to investigate the cause of the bore's progressive degradation. In 1991, they determined the properties required for developing an effective launch package as well as the design criteria necessary for a railgun to incorporate finned, long rod projectiles.
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targets up to 100 miles away that previously needed a missile. The Navy may eventually enhance railgun technology to enable it to fire at a range of 200 nmi (230 mi; 370 km) and impact with 64 megajoules of energy. One shot would require 6 million amps of current, so it will take a long time to develop capacitors that can generate enough energy and strong enough gun materials.
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its velocity) at the point of impact. Because of the potentially higher velocity of a railgun-launched projectile, its force may be much greater than conventionally launched projectiles of the same mass. The absence of explosive propellants or warheads to store and handle, as well as the low cost of projectiles compared to conventional weaponry, are also advantageous.
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combat survivable, and lightweight units, then the total system volume and mass needed to accommodate such a power supply and its primary fuel can become less than the required total volume and mass for a mission equivalent quantity of conventional propellants and explosive ammunition. Arguably such technology has been matured with the introduction of the
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proportional to the square of the magnitude of the current and inversely proportional to the distance between the conductors. It also follows that, for railguns with projectile masses of a few kg and barrel lengths of a few m, very large currents will be required to accelerate projectiles to velocities of the order of 1000 m/s.
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as well as provide a greater range. In addition, railgun systems have shown to potentially provide higher velocity of projectiles, which would increase accuracy for anti-tank, artillery, and air defense by decreasing the time it takes for the projectile to reach its target destination. During the early 1990s, the
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In 2003, Ian McNab outlined a plan to turn this idea into a realized technology. Because of strong acceleration, this system would launch only sturdy materials, such as food, water, and—most importantly—fuel. Under ideal circumstances (equator, mountain, heading east) the system would cost $ 528/kg,
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metal rails (hence the name). At one end, these rails are connected to an electrical power supply, to form the breech end of the gun. Then, if a conductive projectile is inserted between the rails (e.g. by insertion into the breech), it completes the circuit. Electrons flow from the negative terminal
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was necessary for deployment of railguns, and such cooperation would require technological know-how on the
Japanese side. Therefore, full-scale development began in that year. From FY2016 to FY2022, research on electromagnetic acceleration systems was conducted and the target was set to increase the
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Though the 23 lb projectiles have no explosives, their Mach 7 velocity gives them 32 megajoules of energy, but impact kinetic energy downrange will typically be 50 percent or less of the muzzle energy. The Navy looked into other uses for railguns, besides land bombardment, such as air defense;
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October 2006 as a prototype of a 64 MJ weapon to be deployed aboard Navy warships. The main problem the U.S. Navy has had with implementing a railgun cannon system is that the guns wear out because of the immense pressures,
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The United States military have expressed interest in pursuing research in electric gun technology throughout the late 20th century, since electromagnetic guns do not require propellants to fire a shot as conventional gun systems do, significantly increasing crew safety and reducing logistics costs,
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efforts to develop plasma-based projectiles. The first computer simulations occurred in 1990, and its first published experiment appeared on 1 August 1993. As of 1993 the project appeared to be in the early experimental stages. The weapon was able to produce doughnut-shaped rings of plasma and balls
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Assuming that the many technical challenges facing fieldable railguns are overcome, including issues like railgun projectile guidance, rail endurance, and combat survivability and reliability of the electrical power supply, the increased launch velocities of railguns may provide advantages over more
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materials; the rails need to survive the violence of an accelerating projectile, and heating because of the large currents and friction involved. Some erroneous work has suggested that the recoil force in railguns can be redirected or eliminated; careful theoretical and experimental analysis reveals
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research projects, projectiles are 'pre-injected' into railguns, to avoid the need for a standing start, and both two-stage light-gas guns and conventional powder guns have been used for this role. In principle, if railgun power supply technology can be developed to provide safe, compact, reliable,
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A future capability critical to fielding a real railgun weapon is developing a robust guidance package that will allow the railgun to fire at distant targets or to hit incoming missiles. Developing such a package is a significant challenge. The U.S. Navy's RFP Navy SBIR 2012.1 – Topic N121-102 for
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The most promising near-term application for weapons-rated railguns and electromagnetic guns, in general, is probably aboard naval ships with sufficient spare electrical generating capacity and battery storage space. In exchange, ship survivability may be enhanced through a comparable reduction in
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February 2012, at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. While similar in energy to the aforementioned test, the railgun used was considerably more compact, with a more conventional looking barrel. A General Atomics-built prototype was delivered for testing
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are multi-turn railguns that reduce rail and brush current by a factor equal to the number of turns. Two rails are surrounded by a helical barrel and the projectile or re-usable carrier is also helical. The projectile is energized continuously by two brushes sliding along the rails, and two or more
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A very large power supply, providing on the order of one million amperes of current, will create a tremendous force on the projectile, accelerating it to a speed of many kilometers per second (km/s). Although these speeds are possible, the heat generated from the propulsion of the object is enough
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of more than ≈2 km/s (Mach 5.9), railguns can readily exceed 3 km/s (Mach 8.8). For a similar projectile, the range of railguns may exceed that of conventional guns. The destructive force of a projectile depends upon its kinetic energy (proportional to its mass and the square of
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The package must fit within the mass (< 2 kg), diameter (< 40 mm outer diameter), and volume (200 cm) constraints of the projectile and do so without altering the center of gravity. It should also be able to survive accelerations of at least 20,000 g (threshold) / 40,000 g (objective) in all
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Current railgun technologies necessitate a long and heavy barrel, but a railgun's ballistics far outperform conventional cannons of equal barrel lengths. Railguns can also deliver area of effect damage by detonating a bursting charge in the projectile which unleashes a swarm of smaller projectiles
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In 1923, Russian scientist A. L. Korol'kov detailed his criticisms of
Fauchon-Villeplee's design, arguing against some of the claims that Fauchon-Villeplee made about the advantages of his invention. Korol'kov eventually concluded that while the construction of a long-range electric gun was within
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For potential military applications, railguns are usually of interest because they can achieve much greater muzzle velocities than guns powered by conventional chemical propellants. Increased muzzle velocities with better aerodynamically streamlined projectiles can convey the benefits of increased
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To date, public railgun demonstrations have not shown an ability to fire multiple full power shots from the same set of rails. However, the United States Navy has claimed hundreds of shots from the same set of rails. In a March 2014 statement to the
Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities
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anti-ship missile can appear over the horizon 20 miles from a warship, leaving a very short reaction time for a ship to intercept it. Even if conventional defense systems react fast enough, they are expensive and only a limited number of large interceptors can be carried. A railgun projectile can
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which accelerates the projectile along the rails, always out of the loop (regardless of supply polarity) and away from the power supply, toward the muzzle end of the rails. There are also
Lorentz forces acting on the rails and attempting to push them apart, but since the rails are mounted firmly,
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In 1999, a collaboration between ARL and IAT led to the development of a radiometric method of measuring the temperature distribution of railgun armatures during a pulsed electrical discharge without disturbing the magnetic field. In 2001, ARL became the first to obtain a set of accuracy data on
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reported that the US navy's proposed 2022 fiscal year budget had no funding for railgun research and development. Technical challenges could not be overcome, such as the massive forces of firing wearing out the barrel after only one or two dozen shots, and a rate of fire too low to be useful for
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The railgun would be part of a Navy fleet that envisions future offensive and defensive capabilities being provided in layers: lasers to provide close range defense, railguns to provide medium range attack and defense, and cruise missiles to provide long-range attack; though railguns will cover
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ballistic missiles, stealthy air threats, supersonic missiles, and swarming surface threats; a prototype system for supporting interception tasks is to be ready by 2018, and operational by 2025. This timeframe suggests the weapons are planned to be installed on the Navy's next-generation surface
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to the gun rails. Solid armatures may also 'transition' into hybrid armatures, typically after a particular velocity threshold is exceeded. The high current required to power a railgun can be provided by various power supply technologies, such as capacitors, pulse generators and disc generators.
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and improve the rail's durability on a single-shot-type 40mm caliber railgun. Test results published later showed that the railgun had a stable initial velocity of over 2000 m/s during 120 rounds of repeated fire, which was the target velocity. The railgun also had presented no significant
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In 2014, the U.S. Navy had plans to integrate a railgun that has a range of over 160 km (100 mi) onto a ship by 2016. This weapon, while having a form factor more typical of a naval gun, was to utilize components largely in common with those developed and demonstrated at
Dahlgren. The
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carried out a successful test of a 12 mm square bore electromagnetic railgun. Tests of a 30 mm version are planned to be conducted. India aims to fire a one kilogram projectile at a velocity of more than 2,000 m/s using a capacitor bank of 10 megajoules. Electromagnetic guns and
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bank using solid-state switches and high-energy-density capacitors delivered in 2007 and an older 32-MJ pulse power system from the US Army's Green Farm Electric Gun Research and Development Facility developed in the late 1980s that was previously refurbished by General Atomics Electromagnetic
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A future goal was to develop projectiles that were self-guided – a necessary requirement to hit distant targets or intercept missiles. When the guided rounds are developed, the Navy is projecting each round to cost about $ 25,000, though developing guided projectiles for guns has a history of
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The power supply must be able to deliver large currents, sustained and controlled over a useful amount of time. The most important gauge of power supply effectiveness is the energy it can deliver. As of December 2010, the greatest known energy used to propel a projectile from a railgun was 33
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By definition, if a current of one ampere flows in a pair of ideal infinitely long parallel conductors that are separated by a distance of one meter, then the magnitude of the force on each meter of those conductors will be exactly 0.2 micro-newtons. Furthermore, in general, the force will be
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developed a railgun with a 240 kJ, low inductance capacitor bank operating at 5 kV power able to launch projectiles of 3–3.5 g weight to a velocity of more than 2,000 m/s (4,500 mph; 7,200 km/h; 6,600 ft/s). In 1995, the Center for Electromagnetics at the
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China is now one of the major players in electromagnetic launchers; in 2012 it hosted the 16th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Launch Technology (EML 2012) at Beijing. Satellite imagery in late 2010 suggested that tests were being conducted at an armor and artillery range near
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mounts. It was never built. When details were discovered after the war it aroused much interest and a more detailed study was done, culminating with a 1947 report which concluded that it was theoretically feasible, but that each gun would need enough power to illuminate half of Chicago.
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with kinetic energies of nine megajoules (9 MJ) have been developed. Nine megajoules is enough energy to deliver 2 kg (4.4 lb) of projectile at 3 km/s (1.9 mi/s)—at that velocity, a sufficiently long rod of tungsten or another dense metal could easily penetrate a
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report from U.S. intelligence, China's railgun system was first revealed in 2011, and ground testing began in 2014. Between 2015 and 2017, the weapon system gained the ability to strike over extended ranges with increased lethality. The weapon system was successfully mounted on a
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that armed World War II American battleships has a muzzle speed of 760 m/s (2,490 ft/s), which because of its much greater projectile mass (up to 2,700 pounds) generated a muzzle energy of 360 MJ and a downrange kinetic impact of energy of over 160 MJ (see also
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A test of a railgun took place on 10 December 2010, by the U.S. Navy at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. During the test, the Office of Naval Research set a world record by conducting a 33 MJ shot from the railgun, which was built by BAE Systems.
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to establish the Institute for Advanced Technology (IAT), which focused on research involving solid and hybrid armatures, rail-armature interactions, and electromagnetic launcher materials. The facility became the Army's first
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doubling or tripling initial cost estimates. Some high velocity projectiles developed by the Navy have command guidance, but the accuracy of the command guidance is not known, nor even if it can survive a full power shot.
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missile defense. Priorities had also changed since railgun development started, with the Navy putting more focus on longer range hypersonic missiles compared to comparatively shorter range railgun projectiles.
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damage on the rail near the starting position of the projectile, whereas previous studies have shown significant erosion, confirming the reduction in rail damage. The test utilized a single 20-ft
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Hammon, H. G.; Dempsey, J.; Strachan, D.; Raos, R.; Haugh, D.; Whitby, F. P.; Holland, M. M.; Eggers, P. (1 January 1993). "The Kirkcudbright Electromagnetic Launch Facility".
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weighing 5 metric tons, traveling at 509 km/h (316 mph; 141 m/s). For single loop railguns, these mission requirements require launch currents of a few million
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of the projectile leaving the device. This causes three main problems: melting of equipment, decreased safety of personnel, and detection by enemy forces owing to increased
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throughout the 1980s. In addition to analyzing the performance and electrodynamic and thermodynamic properties of railguns at other institutions (like Maxwell Laboratories'
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reported that the Navy wished to push the Office of Naval Research's prototype railgun from a science experiment into useful weapon territory. The goal, according to
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in mind, and an integrated projectile (一体弾), which was simplifed from the separated projectile to reduce cost.The gun is about 6 meters long and has the mass of 8
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conventional guns for a variety of offensive and defensive scenarios. Railguns have limited potential to be used against both surface and airborne targets.
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tested a BAE Systems-designed compact-sized railgun for ship emplacement that accelerated a 3.2 kg (7 pound) projectile to
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Powell, John; Batteh, Jad (14 August 1998). "Plasma dynamics of an arc-driven, electromagnetic, projectile accelerator".
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in January 2008. The fireball is a result of pieces of the projectile shearing off during launch and igniting mid-air.
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the realm of possibility, the practical application of Fauchon-Villeplee's railgun was hindered by its enormous
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Cavalleri, G.; Tonni, E. & Spavieri, G. (May 2001). "Reply to "Electrodynamic force law controversy"".
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projectiles. The projectile normally does not contain explosives, instead relying on the projectile's high
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Fair, H.D. (2005). "Electromagnetic launch science and technology in the United States enters a new era".
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in a 155 mm prototype form was projected to achieve 2500 m/s with a 70 caliber barrel. In some
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developing such a package gives a good overview of just how challenging railgun projectile guidance is:
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account that that they had "accomplished ship-board firing test of railgun first time in the world" (
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Major technological and operational hurdles must be overcome before railguns can be deployed:
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University of Texas at Austin designed and developed a rapid-fire railgun launcher called the
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projectiles from existing conventional guns already available in numbers. On 1 June 2021,
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3148:"Railguns: The Next Big Pentagon Boondoggle? Michael Fredenburg, 2014"
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3511:"Covert Shores Guide: World Navy's Rail Gun Projects"
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4045:"Future Destroyers Likely to Fire Lasers, Rail Guns"
3345:"BAE Wants to Equip Future Army Tanks with Railguns"
3280:"47 Seconds From Hell: A Challenge To Navy Doctrine"
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4189:"US Navy Ready to Deploy Laser for 1st Time"
3050:Proton is estimated at $ 5000/kg as of 2015.
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508:This current makes the railgun behave as an
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5671:includes a YouTube video from November 2016
5084:"Is China Getting Ready to Test a Railgun?"
4498:Jamison, Keith; Burden, Henry (June 1983).
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3087:"Naval Rail Guns Are Revolutionary"
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1263:that served as a charger and a 5
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2940:14 October 2008 at the
2375:Electronic (EM) Railgun
1793:Defence Science Journal
1228:directed energy weapons
1101:directed-energy weapons
921:at Dundrennan Range in
919:Defence Research Agency
799:Future Fighting Vehicle
643:superconducting magnets
394:Aberdeen Proving Ground
305:German railgun diagrams
180:ferromagnetic materials
6899:Technology forecasting
6894:Technological paradigm
6867:Proactionary principle
6743:Directed-energy weapon
6626:High-altitude platform
6544:Blast wave accelerator
6362:Non-rocket spacelaunch
5381:"令和3年度 政策評価書(事前の事業評価)"
3957:. United States Navy.
1393:Non-rocket spacelaunch
1367:
910:
713:
705:
426:ground combat vehicles
306:
267:
245:
116:
37:
7007:Spacecraft propulsion
6825:Disruptive innovation
6705:Emerging technologies
6649:Megascale engineering
6174:Power-to-weight ratio
6038:Direct torque control
5026:The National Interest
4478:25 April 2022 at the
2954:"Direct Double-Helix"
2879:"PowerLabs Rail Gun!"
2866:on 24 September 2015.
2841:on 24 September 2015.
2507:MIT Technology Review
1894:. London: Macdonald.
1890:Hogg, Ian V. (1969).
1362:
1254:projectile's initial
908:
711:
703:
639:electromagnetic coils
541:Design considerations
410:Defense Science Board
304:
268:
246:
114:
58:electromagnetic force
31:
6872:Technological change
6815:Collingridge dilemma
6758:Particle-beam weapon
6494:Projectile launchers
6169:Open-loop controller
6062:Ward Leonard control
5786:DC injection braking
5626:26 June 2015 at the
5574:Ottawa Life Magazine
5388:令和3年度 政策評価書(事前の事業評価)
4917:. pp. 289–294.
4876:. pp. 273–278.
3710:on 23 February 2007.
3476:. 23 November 2015.
2626:"How Rail Guns Work"
1876:on 24 December 2011.
1805:10.14429/dsj.53.2279
1354:Projectile guidance:
255:
222:
19:For other uses, see
6929:Technology scouting
6904:Accelerating change
6733:Caseless ammunition
6072:History, education,
5718:Alternating current
5520:. 30 October 2023.
5312:"極超音速レールガン 連続射撃への道"
5178:. 7 February 2017.
5175:Ministry of Defence
5144:News Corp Australia
5060:. 2 February 2018.
4968:2005ITM....41..158F
4791:1997ITM....33..129P
4716:1995ITM....31..225P
4681:1991ITM....27..521Z
4646:1991ITM....27..515Z
4545:1989ITM....25..448P
4368:Breakingdefense.com
4168:on 11 February 2015
4089:on 22 December 2014
3992:on 17 December 2010
3889:. 1 February 2008.
3838:on 10 October 2007.
3674:1993PhFlB...5.2938D
3662:Physics of Fluids B
3386:. 8 November 2017.
3005:2003ITM....39..295M
2932:"Space and Defense"
2806:2001PhRvE..63e8602C
2751:1986ITM....22.1808W
2547:1993ITM....29..975H
2479:1997ITM....33..630Z
2315:1997ITM....33..129P
2272:2005ITM....41..158F
1847:1999ITM....35..250M
1711:1991ITM....27..329G
1676:1991ITM....27..224B
1633:1991ITM....27..176F
1537:1978JAP....49.2540R
1413:Kinetic bombardment
1347:Railgun durability:
1296:hypersonic missiles
741:over a large area.
647:Composite materials
573:, and BAE Systems.
412:study in 1985, the
379:homopolar generator
323:Jules-Louis Brenton
6946:Technology roadmap
6785:Stealth technology
6775:Pure fusion weapon
6644:Rocket sled launch
6621:Buoyant space port
6463:Dynamic structures
6235:Dolivo-Dobrovolsky
6194:Voltage controller
6149:Blocked-rotor test
6087:Ball bearing motor
6057:Motor soft starter
6011:AC-to-AC converter
5872:Wound-rotor (WRIM)
5834:Electric generator
5255:on 21 October 2023
4848:10.21236/ADA391975
4267:2017-10-23 at the
4071:Klunder, Matthew.
4020:. 9 October 2012.
3910:2011-09-27 at the
3886:United States Navy
3784:2015-02-06 at the
1338:Major difficulties
1321:Self Defense Fleet
1046:Additional footage
985:The United States
911:
870:linear accelerator
714:
706:
600:infrared signature
529:they cannot move.
470:United States Navy
307:
263:
241:
117:
38:
6992:Artillery by type
6979:
6978:
6798:
6797:
6728:Antimatter weapon
6671:
6670:
6573:
6572:
6449:
6448:
6445:
6444:
6413:Orbiting skyhooks
6378:Static structures
6328:
6327:
6164:Open-circuit test
6003:Motor controllers
5884:Synchronous motor
5706:Electric machines
5643:. News.usni.org.
5550:. 2 February 2023
5357:. 5 December 2023
5319:防衛装備庁技術シンポジウム2023
5146:. 15 March 2018.
5116:. 14 March 2018.
5086:. February 2018.
4932:978-0-7803-8290-9
4891:978-0-7803-8290-9
4799:10.1109/20.559917
4724:10.1109/20.364697
4689:10.1109/20.101087
4654:10.1109/20.101086
4417:Popular Mechanics
3855:Popular Mechanics
3726:978-1-4673-0306-4
3704:"Unfriendly Fire"
3197:"Blitzer Railgun"
2793:Physical Review E
2555:10.1109/20.195711
2487:10.1109/20.560087
2323:10.1109/20.559917
1892:The Guns: 1939/45
1855:10.1109/20.738413
1751:. 28 April 2014.
1719:10.1109/20.101051
1684:10.1109/20.101030
1641:10.1109/20.101019
1603:978-0-08-021165-7
1163:U.S. Marine Corps
1051:
1050:
1029:in October 2012.
367:Sir Mark Oliphant
135:neodymium magnets
126:augmented railgun
7014:
6967:
6966:
6914:Horizon scanning
6830:Ephemeralization
6716:
6715:
6698:
6691:
6684:
6675:
6674:
6659:
6658:
6640:
6595:Laser propulsion
6498:
6497:
6457:
6410:
6409:
6382:
6381:
6355:
6348:
6341:
6332:
6331:
6179:Two-phase system
6159:Electromagnetism
6107:Mouse mill motor
6074:recreational use
5948:Permanent magnet
5877:Linear induction
5730:Permanent magnet
5699:
5692:
5685:
5676:
5675:
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5576:. 23 August 2012
5566:
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5548:Born to Engineer
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5003:Business Insider
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4164:. Archived from
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3706:. Archived from
3700:
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3682:10.1063/1.860681
3668:(8): 2938–2958.
3657:
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3441:Business Insider
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3412:. 12 July 2017.
3406:
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3284:Breaking Defense
3275:
3269:
3268:
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3243:
3241:
3239:
3234:on 29 March 2014
3230:. Archived from
3219:
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2867:
2862:. Archived from
2858:(M.Sc. thesis).
2849:
2843:
2842:
2837:. Archived from
2824:
2818:
2817:
2787:
2781:
2780:
2770:
2745:(6): 1808–1811.
2732:
2726:
2725:
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2687:Business Insider
2681:Pickrell, Ryan.
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2091:10.1063/1.329080
2085:(4): 2717–2730.
2074:
2068:
2067:
2047:
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2040:
2038:
2032:. Archived from
2005:
1996:
1990:
1989:
1983:
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1973:
1971:
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1959:. Archived from
1958:
1950:
1944:
1943:
1941:
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1148:CHECMATE railgun
1044:
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1032:
1031:
992:BGM-109 Tomahawk
888:) is, or was, a
838:Helical railguns
769:
768:
764:
663:aerodynamic drag
590:Heat dissipation
479:
349:In 1944, during
272:
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6790:Vortex ring gun
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6702:
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6609:Buoyant lifting
6604:
6578:Reaction drives
6569:
6553:
6549:Ram accelerator
6527:
6489:
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6441:
6434:Space elevators
6429:
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6329:
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6111:
6102:Mendocino motor
6075:
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5857:Induction motor
5838:
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5761:Braking chopper
5749:
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5028:. 4 July 2018.
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4154:
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2920:on 6 June 2015.
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