December 19, 2019
The Navy Is Getting Railguns, And Not Even Mountains Will Stand In Their Way
The future of warfare is now.
by TNI Staff
Key point: Eventually, the Navy will have to test a full-up railgun.
If the Navy does take the railgun out to sea on a fast transport, it will be in 2017 at the earliest. In lieu of testing the prototype rail gun in an at-sea environment, the Navy might instead proceed directly to developing an operational weapon system.
“It’s not definitely off but it’s not definitely going ahead,†Rear Adm. Peter Fanta, the Navy’s director of surface warfare, told Defense News during a Dec. 30 interview.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/navy-getting-railguns-and-not-even-mountains-will-stand-their-way-106356
