Japan has a working railgun. We about to see some wild shyt outta Asia in 10 years.
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We gave up on developing the tech in 2021 after wastiing $500M on it and still not getting the proper size gun to work. Up next, directed energy weapons.
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We scrapped it for energy based weapons. Glad Japan took it up though. If it’s effective, then we might just copy it but I doubt it
Still cool though.. Japan needs to hurry up and catch up to it’s anime fantasy world and create these Mechs
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Once they perfect the railgun. They immediately gonna make the mass driver. Then space travel is gonna be extremely different. 
I think we’ve had them for more than a decade. I remember them being tested, then moth balled. One or two may actively be on ships now. Some US Gavy brehs can probably chime in and elaborate
We gave up on developing the tech in 2021 after wastiing $500M on it and still not getting the proper size gun to work. Up next, directed energy weapons.
Thank you I couldn’t remember how the test program ended, just the test fires.
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Japan got a big dikk 
They are preparing for the final showdown against NK and/or China it seems
Once they get those Gundams right it’s Eastland boot to ass season.
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Once they perfect the railgun. They immediately gonna make the mass driver. Then space travel is gonna be extremely different.
Secure Da Bag
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They are preparing for the final showdown against NK and/or China it seems
China got railguns too. These are wild times.
Can you imagine a rock going Mach 5 through your front door?
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Please don’t let this be a thing on here now
The US Railguns needed too much power to function. Only Navy ships have the capability to power them and the energy demand alone requires access to nuclear reactors to be the most effective. We had one off the coast of Virginia and it needed a separate building to power it. The next problem was the fact that the rail system had a very low life span, capacitors would blow, and even the barrel would wear down after only a few shots. Where we are currently, the concept of the railgun is just not economical or even practical. Having to swap out the entire system each time the barrel rips itself apart in a combat scenario is no good. Also they are only useful in short ranges and the projectiles can't be guided. We have plenty of missiles that can be guided and fired at targets further away.
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Just a caveat, Japan absolutely buys foreign weapons. I personally installed legacy American weapon control systems on Japanese navy ships. America sells our older systems to our allies…called foreign military sales.