The French-German ISL reports its first outdoor, free-flight test shot of a domestically designed electromagnetic railgun, moving from lab-scale work to open-range validation. This enables progressive energy scaling across shots and studying projectile behavior over meaningful distances—key steps toward a potentially deployable electromagnetic launcher and future dedicated munitions.
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missileside: otherfirst seen 2026-06-29
ISL conducts first open-range free-flight test of European railgun
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- Naval News RSS · https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/07/isl-european-electromagnetic-railgun-free-flight-test/ISL Conducts First Open-Range Test Shot of European Electromagnetic Railgun