Russia tests railgun that is three times faster than the US.

According to the Daily Mail, Russia has just successfully tested another electromagnetic railgun that is three times faster than similar weapons being developed by the US.

Sources citing the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta (RG) reveal that the Russian electromagnetic gun, currently being researched by the High Temperature Research Institute (part of the Academy of Sciences) in Shatura, has recently undergone successful tests and achieved a speed three times faster than the American electromagnetic cannon.

Alexey Shurupov, director of the High Temperature Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Shatura, said: "In laboratory tests, we tested an electromagnetic gun firing a projectile weighing only a few tens of grams at a speed of up to 6.25 km/s (22,500 km/h), a speed very close to the first cosmic velocity."

Russia tests electromagnetic railgun.

With the terrifying speed of the projectile produced by the aforementioned laboratory in Russia, no layer of protection from current military equipment, from warships and tanks to aircraft, can withstand it. It is said to fly three times faster than the American electromagnetic cannon in testing (7,000 km/h).

According to leading defense experts, success with electromagnetic weapons could change the nature of future naval battles.

Compared to missiles, electromagnetic weapons offer several advantages in terms of lower operating costs, easier maintenance, and higher combat effectiveness. In fact, even the largest warships can only carry a limited number of missiles.

When the ammunition is depleted and needs reloading, warships are forced to return to port or a specialized system for reloading. Electric weapons do not require this because the projectile mechanism is small, making it easy to transport like conventional artillery shells, and even resupply them at sea.

In combat, missiles can be affected by jamming factors and may miss their target if the guidance system is disabled. This is not the case with electromagnetic weapons.

Their ability to fly purely by inertia, their supersonic speed, and their small cross-sectional reflector warheads make intercepting or jamming them nearly impossible. With high muzzle velocity, the destructive power of railgun projectiles is comparable to that of heavy explosive warheads.

In terms of cost, each attack missile costs hundreds to millions of dollars per unit, while each unit of electromagnetic railgun ammunition costs only a few tens of thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, the range of electromagnetic railguns has reached nearly the same level as currently popular missile systems.

According to Baodatviet