Military-grade lasers generate and focus light beams that can burn through material like drones or vehicles. They can be ...

The advancement of technology has significantly transformed naval warfare, with laser weapons becoming a critical component ...

A Chinese military expert lauded India's Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) test, particularly the Directed Energy ...

US Navy fires its high-powered laser weapon that could obliterate warships and drones, incredible photo shows By Emily Crane Published Feb. 4, 2025, 9:45 a.m. ET ...

The Air Force's Airborne High Energy Laser, or AHEL, will not be used on the AC-130J gunship after the weapon missed a flight test window that would have allowed its use.

The United Kingdom has also been developing its own laser-based defense system. Last year, the U.K. successfully tested its own high-powered laser weapon, DragonFire, against aerial targets.

The weapon is precise enough to hit a target the size of a coin—roughly 2.3 centimeters in diameter—over 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) in distance away and costs much less to use than traditional ...

After decades of research and development, the U.S. military is officially using laser weapons in combat zones overseas. The U.S. Army recently disclosed that the service had not only deployed a ...

The weapon, known as the Palletized High Energy Laser (P-HEL) and developed by the American defense contractor BlueHalo based on the company’s 20-kilowatt Locust Laser Weapon System, first ...

The UK has showcased its new laser weapon, DragonFire. The weapon is highly accurate and cheap, the Ministry of Defence said, costing just $13 a shot. Lasers could prove an effective new form of ...

That weapon is being developed within a £100 million program with industry partners MBDA, Leonardo and QinetiQ, and the ministry said the technologies employed between the two weapon systems differ.

Britain has successfully fired a laser weapon from an army combat vehicle for the first time, the UK government announced today. During trials, the system “neutralised” targets at distances in ...