China appears to have installed a laser directed energy weapon on one of its Type 071 amphibious assault ships, mirroring U.S. and other nations’ expanding activities in the same arena. Recent actions ...

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold that military planners have talked about for decades: it is now firing a shipboard ...

Israel's military is the first to use laser weapons to shoot down drones in war. The systems were prototypes and are being integrated into the country's air defenses. Videos and photos show the system ...

A practical laser weapon, which only costs about a dollar a round, has tremendous advantages, especially against drones and other small, fast, inexpensive targets that don't warrant a countermeasure ...

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 pair ...

After years in development, the U.S. military's latest attempt at an airborne laser weapon to protect troops on the ground from incoming ballistic missiles appears to be headed for the scrapyard.

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed Helios — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for ...

On April 13, the United States Navy announced that it conducted a test of a new laser weapon. According to a statement released by the Navy, “The ground-based laser system... United States Air Force ...

The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m contract for its deployment on a Type 45 destroyer by 2027 was awarded. The ...

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships. The photo of ...