General Atomics stellt Railgun für Luft- und Raketenabwehr vor – Naval News
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/10/general-atomics-pitches-railgun-for-air-and-missile-defense/
General Atomics stellt Railgun für Luft- und Raketenabwehr vor – Naval News
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/10/general-atomics-pitches-railgun-for-air-and-missile-defense/
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General Atomics displayed its railgun graphics at its booth during last week’s Association of the United States Army annual meeting in D.C. When inquired about the inclusion of the long-canceled program efforts, Mike Rucker, Head of GA-EMS Weapons, stated that the company has pitched its railgun for the Golden Dome initiative.
*“Just the idea of the muzzle velocity and the standoff capability, and particularly from our perspective, from a terminal defense for air [and] missile defense. Just this with the tungsten pellets as the warhead,”* Rucker told *Naval News* regarding railgun air defense potential.
A General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems’ infographic states that the company’s multi-mission railgun system can fire projectiles up to Mach 6 speeds. Three variants of the railgun were listed, ranging between three to 32 megajoules of energy capacity. The company also claims that these systems are capable of intercepting ballistic and cruise missiles.
Naval defense I get. But given drones and blot out the sky missile barrages being two go to tactics in modern warfare (at least given some recent contexts) , isn’t some kind of laser system much more sensible for air defense? Like what is a rail gun targeting in the air besides individual aircraft? Which I assume are to a large degree already addressed quite well by existing systems?
They don’t work and will never work well until we can master unlimited energy supply in a small, lightweight container. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqhXsUwncfE