U.S. Fires Steerable 50 MM Rounds from Experimental Chain Gun for the First Time

U.S. Fires Steerable 50 MM Rounds from Experimental Chain Gun for the First Time

In mid-August, American defense contractor Northrop Grumman made public a project it had been working on for a while: the world’s first 50 mm guided round designed to take out, in rapid succession, mass raids of cruise missiles and drones. At the time, it was only a sort of virtual presentation, but now we get word that the technology has been put to the test for the first time with a new gun. The solution (continue reading...)