U.S. Military Is Bringing Back the Railgun

"It was previously reported, “EMP: The Biggest Military Threat America Faces Today?” where the alarm was sounded about how the Biden Administration was dropping the ball on protecting America’s national grid infrastructure against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) strike. This is especially disconcerting in light of the fact that Iran, Russia, and China alike all have EMP strikes against the United States included in their war plans.

Nine months later, I’ve seen no evidence that President Joe Biden has shown any renewed willingness to carry on his Oval Office predecessor’s Executive Order 13865, which outlined a comprehensive EMP protection plan. The mind fairly boggles at the White House’s lack of sense of urgency.
However, as depressing as it is to see the U.S. continue to lag behind in passive EMP defense, there is at least a glimmer of hope that the nation is going to revive its proactive EMP warfighting capabilities, in the form of the railgun.
In essence, a railgun is a weapons system that uses electricity flowing between two parallel conductors to shoot a non-explosive projectile at high speeds over great distances. The sheer velocity alone – up to Mach 7 in some instances – results in such a powerful kinetic impact, that explosives are unnecessary.
Newsweek reported on the topic: “US Navy Demonstrates Electromagnetic Railgun,” accompanied by the brief caption “Using an electrical pulse, the railgun can fire projectiles over 100 miles away.” 1945