Just on the heels of an alarming recent Pentagon intelligence study which assessed that China "already leads the world" in key areas of advanced defense technology, CNBC reports a huge breakthrough concerning what's long been rumored the most feared and devastating futuristic weapon in Beijing's arsenal: it's now successfully tested "the world's most powerful naval gun" — the ultra high velocity electromagnetically powered railgun — which is expected to be battlefield ready "by 2025, according to people with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report."
Railgun spotted on Chinese vessel last year, via South China Morning Post
Speculation has long surrounded China's massive railgun, which uses electromagnetic energy instead of gunpowder or explosive propelled rounds, which was first seen in 2011 and reportedly went through testing and calibration to reach extended ranges in the years following.
However, western military planners were generally shocked by how rapidly the Chinese were able to advance the project to the point that by Dec. 2017, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) was able to mount it on a warship for sea testing — something no other country has accomplished and which the Pentagon hasn't even come close to. US intelligence officials now say China will complete sea-testing of the railgun by 2023.
And the Pentagon has ample reason to worry given the railgun's specs and capabilities. Citing intelligence sources and analysts, CNBC notes the weapon's massive projectile can travel at a speed which would allow it to go a distance the equivalent of the length between Philadelphia and Washington in under 90 seconds.
The CNBC report describes China's futuristic electromagnetic railgun as "capable of striking a target 124 miles away at speeds of up to 1.6 miles per second, according to the people who have knowledge of the intelligence report."
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-30/us-intelligence-confirms-china-has-tested-futuristic-railgun-sea
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