Technology is said to offer advantages such as high muzzle velocity and low noise, consistent with ‘supership’ blueprint outlined by PLA.

China has indicated plans are under way for a next-generation nuclear-powered aircraft carrier armed with futuristic energy weapons including a rail gun, an electromagnetic weapon that the United States tried to develop but abandoned. “China’s future nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can be equipped with more advanced defensive weapons, such as [a] high-energy laser weapon and electromagnetic rail gun,” said Liang Fang, a military commentator and professor at the Beijing-based National Defence…

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