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发帖数: 1 | 1 China just tested the world’s most powerful naval gun, and US intelligence
says it will be ready for warfare by 2025
PUBLISHED WED, JAN 30 2019 • 11:57 AM EST | UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Amanda Macias
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China tested the world’s most powerful naval gun earlier this month and it
’s expected to enter China’s arsenal by 2025, according to sources with
direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report.
The warship-mounted electromagnetic railgun was first seen in 2011 and
underwent testing in 2014.
The Chinese are expected to complete at-sea testing by 2023.
WASHINGTON — China tested the world’s most powerful naval gun earlier this
month, and it is expected to be ready for warfare by 2025, according to
people with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report.
China’s railgun was first seen in 2011 and underwent testing in 2014,
according to the people, who spoke to CNBC on the condition of anonymity.
Between 2015 and 2017, the weapon was calibrated to strike at extended
ranges, increasing its lethality. By December 2017, the weapon was
successfully mounted on a warship and began at-sea testing, a feat no other
nation has accomplished. The Chinese are expected to complete at-sea testing
by 2023.
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The development comes at a moment when tensions between China and the U.S.
are already high, underscored by crucial trade talks that were scheduled to
move to Washington on Wednesday.
Railguns use electromagnetic energy instead of gunpowder to propel rounds,
and China’s is capable of striking a target 124 miles away at speeds of up
to 1.6 miles per second, according to the people who have knowledge of the
intelligence report. For perspective, a shot fired from Washington could
reach Philadelphia in under 90 seconds.
Railguns have long appeared on Russian, Iranian and U.S. military wish lists
as cost-effective weapons that give navies the might of a cannon with the
range of a precision-guided missile.
The rounds used in China’s railgun cost $25,000 to $50,000 each, according
to the intelligence assessment. Though not an exact comparison since the
weapons have different technologies, the U.S. Navy’s Tomahawk cruise
missile has an estimated price tag of $1.4 million each.
The U.S. Navy’s railgun, which is years away from being operational,
remains a classified system still in development under the Office of Naval
Research.
China’s sprint to develop a weapon of this magnitude, coupled with coastal
defense systems, represents a significant addition to Beijing’s military
arsenal in one of the most contested regions of the world: the South China
Sea.
In May, CNBC learned that China quietly installed anti-ship cruise missiles
and surface-to-air missile systems on three of its fortified outposts west
of the Philippines in the sea, a move that allows Beijing to further project
its power in the hotly disputed waters.
Home to more than 200 specks of land, the South China Sea serves as a
gateway to global shipping routes where $3.4 trillion of trade passes
annually.
The numerous overlapping sovereign claims to islands, reefs and rocks —
many of which disappear under high tide — have turned the waters into an
armed camp. Beijing holds the lion’s share of these features with about 27
outposts. | P**T
发帖数: 2274 | | f******t
发帖数: 19544 | 3 2025肯定是记者编的。
【在 P**T 的大作中提到】
: 2022年，有两艘装备电磁炮的055服役
| P**T
发帖数: 2274 | 4 我弟的小编肯定不知道现在现身的055七号见和八号舰就是将来的电磁炮战舰
【在 f******t 的大作中提到】
: 2025肯定是记者编的。
| g**********1
发帖数: 1 | 5 明明写着米国情报人士分析。
【在 f******t 的大作中提到】
: 2025肯定是记者编的。
| P**T
发帖数: 2274 | 6 这些人因为中文有限，所以也不是很清楚
再加上潜意识里总是要贬低我鳖
【在 g**********1 的大作中提到】
: 明明写着米国情报人士分析。
| g**********1
发帖数: 1 | 7 2025装备已经让米军非常紧张了。
【在 P**T 的大作中提到】
: 这些人因为中文有限，所以也不是很清楚
: 再加上潜意识里总是要贬低我鳖
| s*****1
发帖数: 1 | | d**s
发帖数: 4741 | 9 遂逾涿邪，跨安侯，乘燕然，蹑冒顿之区落，焚老上之龙庭。上以摅高、文之宿愤，光
祖宗之玄灵；下以安固后嗣，恢拓境宇，振大汉之天声 | d**s
发帖数: 4741 | | f******t
发帖数: 19544 | 11 里面几个time line都是瞎几把编的，这叫“一切尽在掌握中”。
【在 g**********1 的大作中提到】
: 明明写着米国情报人士分析。
| N****u
发帖数: 1700 | 12 吓尿了吧
【在 d**s 的大作中提到】
: 老将看到cnbc就不打算进来了
| v****s
发帖数: 40 | 13 十年之后米粒贱的就不够看了，然后米粒贱大概率会分裂为四到五个国家。 |
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