What appears to be a Japanese variant of an electromagnetic railgun gun, for the Maritime Self-Defense Force on the test ship “Asuka ASE-6102”. The gun turret and barrel have an angular shape.

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HMS Iwo Jima? When in 1982, Argentina invaded the Falklands. Revealed years later, Reagan had secretly prepared to give Thatcher the USS Iwo Jima if the Royal Navy needed it. The crew would have included U.S. “contract advisors” to operate the systems.

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