Amid waves of Iranian drone attacks, the U.S. Defense Department is pushing to finally field high-energy laser weapons in the ...

Israel is reportedly deploying its advanced Iron Beam laser defence system. This system targets incoming rockets and drones ...

Directed-energy weapons are often sold as systems that can fire forever. In practice, dwell time, heat, and the chaos of the ...

As conflict escalates following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory strikes, reports have emerged that Israel may have used laser weapons to shoot down rockets fired ...

The surge of drone use in conflicts worldwide, seen most vividly in the Ukraine and Middle East wars, will accelerate the ...

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As drone swarms overwhelm conventional defenses, the U.S. Navy is deploying HELIOS, a 60-kW laser that can destroy targets at the speed of light for the cost of electricity.

Pentagon and FAA launch anti-drone laser tests after two Texas incidents triggered airspace shutdowns, raising safety ...

Patriot missile batteries have been the iconic air defense system in the United States’ arsenal for several decades, but ...

The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration plan to jointly test a high-energy laser weapon designed to shoot down small drones at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The test, announced ...

The surge of drone use in conflicts worldwide, seen most vividly in the Ukraine and Middle East wars, will accelerate the race to develop high-power laser systems that could down the devices far more ...

The emergence of plasma-based directed-energy weapon systems necessitates a reconceptualization of deterrence theory. Plasma ...