| Developers: | China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | May 2024 |
| Branches: | MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX |
Main article: Hypersonic weapons
2024: Product Announcement
The Chinese Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) has developed an electromagnetic rail gun to launch cruise missiles and other hypersonic projectiles. The testing of such weapons became known in mid-May 2024.
According to the developers, the installation is capable of accelerating the projectile to a speed of Mach 1.6 or even Mach 5. During the tests, the shell was raised to an altitude of 15 km - this is the maximum flight altitude of the American B-2 stealth bomber. At this altitude, atmospheric pressure is only one tenth of the pressure at sea level. With a pair of gliding wings, the precision projectile descended along a relatively gentle curve and fell to the ground about three minutes into the flight. However, the tests of the system are recognized as not the most successful.
 | The projectile did not follow the expected trajectory, and the maximum range and altitude did not correspond to the calculated values, - said in a peer-reviewed article by the team of the Naval Engineering University, led by Lu Junyong. |  |
The design speed and range of the hypersonic glide guided bomb were not disclosed by May 2024, although in recent years, according to the South China Morning Post, Chinese scientists have published several articles outlining ambitions to achieve a flight range of 200 km at Mach 7.
Earlier, more than once it was reported about China's plans to launch missiles using railguns and breakwaters. Working at an unnamed Beijing institute affiliated with the PRC People's Liberation Army (PLA) ground forces, engineer Han Junli gave an interview to Keji Zhibao magazine, in which he described the latest electromagnetic missile launch system that his institute is working on. Traditionally, rockets take off due to the combustion of liquid or solid fuel in their tail. Han Junli proposed using electromagnetic rails to launch, where the projectile would receive a huge initial acceleration using electric discharge.[1]
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