US revives railgun tests as Iran war bleeds air defenses

Missile salvos from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific are exposing the limits of interceptor-based defenses, and the US Navy’s renewed testing of its electromagnetic railgun suggests a possible answer. This month, The War Zone (TWZ) reported that the US Navy has resumed live-fire testing of its prototype electromagnetic railgun (EMRG) after years of apparent [...]The post US revives railgun tests as Iran war bleeds air defenses appeared first on Asia Times.
2026-03-16 04:23:00