China’s radical new “X-rail gun” aims to fire 60-kilo slugs at Mach 7 speeds, raising the stakes in a rail-gun 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 … Continue reading China reloads rail-gun ambitions as Japan tests and USA powers down