I don’t know why we don’t do this. A canon requires you to carry lots of explosives to fire the shell, takes up a lot of room on the ship, and the heat generated when firing slows down your ability to fire rapidly.
EM railgun uses electricity to fire a shell about the size of your forearm. You can fit tens of thousands of shells on a tiny destroyer, generates no heat and won’t accidentally blow up your own ship as there is no gunpowder required.
A Chinese warship armed with an electromagnetic railgun appears to have set sail on the open ocean.
EM railgun uses electricity to fire a shell about the size of your forearm. You can fit tens of thousands of shells on a tiny destroyer, generates no heat and won’t accidentally blow up your own ship as there is no gunpowder required.
A Chinese warship armed with an electromagnetic railgun appears to have set sail on the open ocean.
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