{"id":149170,"date":"2026-04-05T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149170"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:00:11","slug":"china-unveils-handheld-coil-gun-that-works-like-a-less-deadly-pistol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149170","title":{"rendered":"China unveils handheld coil gun that works like a \u2018less deadly\u2019 pistol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has miniaturised the technology used to make electromagnetic cannons to develop a handheld coil gun, according to state media.<br \/>\nThe weapon was designed for stealth, non-lethal operations and law enforcement, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday, adding that it could fire between 1,000 and 2,000 projectiles a minute and penetrate wooden boards from dozens of metres away.<br \/>\nIts power levels can also be altered, meaning that on lower settings there is less chance it will kill someone and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3349089\/china-unveils-handheld-coil-gun-works-less-deadly-pistol?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has miniaturised the technology used to make electromagnetic cannons to develop a handheld coil gun, according to state media. The weapon was designed&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149170"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}