Japan shows off futuristic 'railgun' at defence expo

As Japan's biggest defence exhibition kicked off this week, visitors got a close-up look at a model of its futuristic "railgun" that its makers hope will be able to shoot down hypersonic missiles. Instead of gunpowder, railgun technology uses electromagnetic energy to fire a projectile along a set of rails...

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