The Pentagon’s push to field laser weapons has shifted from laboratory curiosity to operational reality, with recent tests showing systems that can track, target, and disable threats in real time.

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 kilometres per hour (kmph) – twice as fast as an F1 race car. The trials were ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Australian defense company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has unveiled its Apollo High Energy Laser Weapon (HELW) that pumps out up to 150 kW of power yet can take out 200 medium-sized drones running on ...

The Phantom laser prioritizes portability over raw output, making it ideal for mobile units where space and weight are critical. As the world teeters on the brink of what might well be another world ...