The Pentagon’s push to field laser weapons has shifted from laboratory curiosity to operational reality, with recent tests ...

Russia spent decades nurturing a secretive airborne laser program that promised to blind satellites and shield its forces ...

Britain's DragonFire laser weapon upped the ante on November 20 at the Ministry of Defence's Hebrides Range in Scotland when ...

Japan has taken a major step toward fielding directed-energy weapons, moving ahead with sea-based trials of its new ...

Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for modern warfare, the Israel Defense Forces successfully intercepted ...

During the Hebrides trials, the system intercepted drones traveling up to 650 km/h (403 mph). This was the first time the UK ...

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 ...

In modern warfare, tanks are no longer threatened only by other tanks. Today’s battlefields are shaped by a new generation of ...

The United Kingdom’s high-powered laser weapon is said to be capable of shooting down drones travelling as fast as 650 ...

Israel is preparing to deploy the world’s first operational laser defense system, the Iron Beam. Learn how this breakthrough ...

China appears to be expanding its experimentation with directed-energy weapons at sea, after new images circulating on ...

We explore the math problem facing NATO — and one possible solution. By Lara Jakes I write about the weapons industry. Russian drones have been swarming Ukraine in increasing numbers as Moscow ramps ...