War games: Chinese navy adds mega-generators to warships to power high-energy laser weapons and rail guns
BEIJING – China is loading its warships with monster generators that will power high-energy weapons strapped to the vessels. The U.S. Sun reports. Continue reading original article
The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:
13 Aug. 2020 -- The 20-megawatt power units are required to operate shipboard laser weapons and rail guns that will destroy long-range targets and shoot down incoming missiles.
The generators were completed in 2018 but loaded onto warships recently, according to the generators' developers, as reported by the South China Morning Post.
China and the U.S. navies both are developing rail guns -- a type of superweapon that can fire long-range projectiles at unprecedented speeds.
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