Developed by BAE systems, the US Navy's electromagnetic railgun is one of its very own futuristic weapon that uses electricity to fire a round, instead of conventional explosives. On a released test video by the US Navy, it shows how remarkably powerful its experimental new weapon.

According to BGR, the US Navy's electromagnetic railgun is extremely generating strong magnetic fields that launch at a whopping 4,500 mph. It is capable of accelerating a projectile from 0-Mach 6 in just 10 milliseconds that cuts over six sheets of plating.

The US Navy's electromagnetic railgun projectiles that launched only do their damage and not by exploding, as it simply striking directly to its target while moving at a high speed. The U.S. Navy's testing phases will be using both small slug and the larger more streamlined projectiles that can directly strike once it fired.

Huffpost Tech added that the US Navy's electromagnetic railgun has been undergoing to a sea-trials and many reports have been circling around that the finished weapon will be installed on the US Navy's state-of-the-art Zumwalt stealth ship. The weapon is also predicted its range of 110-miles that can achieve a pinpoint accuracy and eliminates explosive shell.

The US Navy's electromagnetic railgun will showcase the naval portfolio of innovative breakthrough technologies that shapes the warfighting tactics of the Sailors and Marines in the future. The velocity of its projectiles relies on the kinetic energy that produces maximum effect. It also reduces of high explosives that needed to be carried on ships and minimizes the dangers of unexploded that remains on the battlefield.

For the most of its history, the US Navy's electromagnetic railgun have been more fiction than science as it has been questioned repeatedly for over time. The electromagnetic railgun has a massive size that can owe a large and complex electronic component that require supplying a necessary power.

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