Bubblegum Crisis
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Unlike Sapan, they are either under development or may be on their way to key breakthrough.
"A Chinese defense contractor may be on its way to key breakthroughs in railgun weaponry."
"The enlargement of the hull was conceived in order to provide a necessary growth space for advanced naval weapon systems that are currently under development in Japan, and will be incrementally added to the ships' arsenal as they are developed -- such as railguns and laser point-defense systems."
Slowly, slowly… SAPAN is just a prototype (it's good) but nothing else.
Hayabusa
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/handle/a-is/8731?locale=ja
“The electromagnetic guns, especially railguns, are expected to make these researches with much higher velocity (more than 10km/sec) possible. The railgun accelerator system was set up in the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) in 1986, having more than 10km/sec with 1g projectile as a goal. The energy source is a 300kJ capacitor bank. The maximum velocity so far is 2.4km/sec at 108kJ with 2.4g projectile and 1.8m barrel.”
https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/bitstream/a-is/8731/1/SA0166212.pdf
Hayabusa 2
Japan’s Asteroid-Blasting ‘Space Cannon’ Aces Key Test
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