The U.S. Army is accelerating its deployment of directed-energy weapons designed to burn incoming rockets, drones, and ...

Directed energy weapons’ are a cheap way to hit a lot of targets – and militaries around the world are taking notice.

But focus too much on matters of geopolitics, and you can lose sight of something arguably even more profound: Laser guns are ...

New Delhi: The next generation of warfare will belong to countries that dominate in technology. World’s major powers, such as the United States, China, Israel and Russia, have been preparing for ...

The Royal Thai Army has unveiled a high-energy laser weapon designed to counter the increasing threats posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Classified as a directed energy weapon (DEW), the ...

The accidental shoot-down comes two weeks after a major airspace closure was prompted by the use of a laser weapon along the ...

Naval air defense is under growing strain. Small, low-cost drones are increasingly used to probe or saturate warships, forcing crews to rely on missiles and guns that were designed for very different ...

The Iron Beam anti-air laser system is actually useful—though not nearly as useful as some conspiracy theorists give it ...

China seems to have outpaced the United States and its allies in the development of directed energy weapons—as seen by its recent exports to the Middle East. China refuses to slow its attempts to ...

Iran tensions highlight why the Pentagon is investing billions in Directed-Energy weapons to counter missile shortages and future wars.

The only real laser weapon that saw service during the 20th century was a low-power laser used by the Royal Navy during the 1982 Falklands War to temporarily dazzle and distract enemy pilots. Not that ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...