Japan is about to give a important step in your defense strategy With the test at the sea of your Electromagnetic rail cannona futuristic weapon designed to face threats such as the hypersonic missiles of China and North Korea. that A Japanese experimental ship will perform the “in the near future” test off the country’s coast.
This cannon, which Use electricity instead of explosives, TRIESTIGHY TRIBS THROUGH AN ELECTROMAGENETIC PULSE. “Use a Electric pulse To generate an electromagnetic force that accelerates the projectile up to six times the speed of sound, “explained the newspaper.
It is a Kinetic energy eye capable of achieving its objective with a Extreme speedwhich makes it a possible solution against missiles traveling to more than Mach 5that is, five times the speed of light, and that currently challenge traditional defensive systems.
The test will mark the First time an almost real -scale prototype is used at seawith some dimensions 6 meters long and 8 tons of weightto check if the weapon can achieve precision objectives in real conditions. In 2023, the country already tested a rail cannon in the sea, but, it was mounted on a test platform and not in a complete naval turret like Asuka’s.
The Japanese Navy explained that the development of the canyon has as its purpose “Strengthen defense capacities to protect citizens of Japan and territorial waters”. In addition, the Ministry of Defense plans to install these cannons on ships equipped with the AEGIS system, which offers “Simultaneous Integrated Air Defense and Antimisiles”.
Japan presented the prototype publicly last month, installed in the JS Asuka Experimental Bouquet. Although it has not been confirmed that this ship will be the one to test, He was seen leaving the port of Yokosuka on May 7according to a publication in the social network X.
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