October 11, 2018
Navy: Railgun Tests to “Blow the Top Off a Mountainâ€
Can it happen?
by Dave Majumdar
Eventually, the Navy will have to test a full-up railgun. The trick will be to find a suitable range where the weapon can be fired at maximum range and velocity. But if the test program moves from Dahlgren, Virginia, to the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, it won’t be able to conduct the at-sea demo onboard a fast transport.
While the U.S. Navy had announced last year that it would take a prototype railgun to sea onboard the expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (JHSV-5) in 2016, the service may have to scupper those plans.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/navy-railgun-tests-%E2%80%9Cblow-top-mountain%E2%80%9D-33166
