this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
155 points (98.1% liked)

Technology

59436 readers
4386 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
155
Japan Becomes 1st Country Ever To Fire Electromagnetic Railgun From An Offshore Vessel (www.eurasiantimes.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Japan Becomes 1st Country Ever To Fire Electromagnetic Railgun From An Offshore Vessel::Japan has successfully test-fired a medium-caliber maritime electromagnetic railgun from an offshore platform, as it continues to advance its defenses in the face of burgeoning regional security threats.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assumed they were synonyms ? how do they differ ?

[โ€“] papertowels@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

They're pretty similar, in that both use electromagnetic forces to launch a projectile.

Gaus cannons use a field around the projectile, applied by wires wrapped around a tube, whereas railguns use two rails touching the projectile to conduct the magnetic field through the projectile.