"First Glimpse of Chinese Railgun Warship" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 03 Jan 2019 11:27 p.m. PST |
A Chinese warship that appears to be carrying a next-generation hypersonic rail gun has been spotted on social media, implying that China has become the first country in the world to develop the weapon… link |
| bsrlee | 04 Jan 2019 4:35 a.m. PST |
No actual photo on Fox as linked, but other sources with an actual photo show a large box with a pipe-like object sticking out on the forecastle of an auxiliary ship – not a warship. Several navies could claim to deploy a 'rail gun' without demonstrating it actually in use. |
| Sundance | 04 Jan 2019 8:42 a.m. PST |
Er…to develop one or deploy one? The US Navy released footage of testing the railgun they developed a couple of years ago. bsrlee – in the middle of the linked article is a snapshot of a FB post showing two photos of a ship, purportedly with a railgun. |
Rdfraf  | 04 Jan 2019 9:31 a.m. PST |
Bsrlee, the photos are right there. Did you read the article? |
| 28mm Fanatik | 04 Jan 2019 10:10 a.m. PST |
According to online sources the testbed is a Type 72 LST. |
| Lion in the Stars | 04 Jan 2019 12:20 p.m. PST |
Yeah, an LST will have the space for support equipment. We will see if the Chinese show any pics of it firing at sea. |
| john snelling | 05 Jan 2019 8:16 a.m. PST |
For now there is no proof that the Chinese have tested the gun on land or at sea. Did they extensively modify the ship for the required electrical power required? |
| Lion in the Stars | 05 Jan 2019 3:55 p.m. PST |
John, the pics do show a large number of cargo containers on the deck of the LST, so I expect several are for power generation (and others are for the capacitors to feed the railgun). |
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