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The Soon Operational Railgun? Without Powder, the Franco-German Electromagnetic Gun Succeeds in a First Shot and Aims to Launch Projectiles at More than 7,000 Km/h
The French-German electromagnetic cannon fired in the open air for the first time. On 29 June 2026, a projectile ran over an Alsatian field without any powder coming in. The electromagnetic cannon left the laboratory for a field in the Haut-Rhin A few milliseconds were enough to close decades of research in the closed room. According to a press release published on 9 July 2026 by the French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis, or ISL, this …
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The French-German electromagnetic cannon fired in the open air for the first time. On 29 June 2026, a projectile ran over an Alsatian field without any powder coming in. The electromagnetic cannon left the laboratory for a field in the Haut-Rhin A few milliseconds were enough to close decades of research in the closed room. According to a press release published on 9 July 2026 by the French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis, or ISL, this …