Saudi Arabia's high-tech gamble on Chinese laser weapons is faltering. In a bid to shield vital oil facilities and billion-dollar Patriot batteries from drone swarms, Riyadh turned to China's ...

One of the most prominent weapons in modern day warfare is the drone. Small, agile, and often numerous, drones are a difficult assault to counter. Even individual ones can infiltrate areas that ...

Ever since the 1960s, the U.S. Navy has been developing a wide array of impressive laser weapons. In May 2020, the USS Portland showed off one of the most powerful yet. The Technology Maturation Laser ...

For a while missiles looked like potential prey. They have thin skins and are packed with fuel and explosives. Merely damaging the shell of a supersonic missile can create drag, causing it to tumble ...

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 ...

USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A stunning image from earlier this month depicting the U.S. Navy’s High-Energy ...

November 19, 2024: The U.S. Army has developed and deployed four Locust Laser Weapon Systems at undisclosed locations overseas. The 2.1 by 2.1 meter system weighs 1,540 kg and the system can be ...

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 ...

Imagine a battlefield where missiles are intercepted mid-air with beams of light, drones are neutralized in seconds, and the cost of firing a weapon is measured in pennies rather than millions. This ...

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Ukraine is testing laser weapons for use against Russian targets, a Ukrainian commander said. Vadym Sukharevskyi told RFE/RL that laser weapons are now hitting targets at "certain altitude." Lasers ...