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The biggest advantages of railgun over rockets and artillery are: 1. It can shoot projectiles further and faster; 2. It allows/projectiles more ammo to be stored on board ships since the ammo do not include propellants and thus has less volume; 3. It is safer to store railgun projectiles/ammos...

In other words, the fielding of railguns will be pushed much later since it is not the priority right now due to the emergence of simpler HPV tech.

The U.S. Navy's Railgun May Never See Combat http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a14106941/us-navy-railgun-may-be-dead/

And a backyard railgun:

Some videos on railgun developments: 1. BAE Systems 2. General Atomics BAE Systems railgun is interesting in that it already have an autoloader.

Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun Project Progressing The technology behind the Navy’s railgun — an advanced cannon that engineers believe could increase a ship’s firepower at a fraction of the cost of typical munitions — is moving forward. “Electromagnetic weapons such as railgun will play a...

Navy Wants Railguns for Missile Defense Mike Hoffman January 18, 2013 The electromagnetic rail gun could offer the Navy both additional range for land strikes as well as added capabilities in ballistic and cruise missile defense. In a perfect world, the Navy would like to invest in both...

We already did our part. India should do more.

What can we do? Really, too bad. I'll not be surprised if China will announce its own rail gun soon...

A victim of US budget cuts? Too bad. But the article cited by H.A. is dated November 6, 2012...? http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2012/11/railgun-phaseii-advances.html?cmpid=EnlMAENovember72012

General Atomics Rail gun prototype