China’s radical new “X-rail gun” aims to fire 60-kilo slugs at Mach 7 speeds, raising the stakes in a railgun race where Beijing doubles down, Tokyo hedges bets and Washington taps out. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Chinese army scientists led by Professor Lyu Qingao of the People’s Liberation Army’s […]The post China reloads railgun ambitions as Japan tests and US powers down appeared first on Asia Times.