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The Pentagon is now fielding laser and microwave weapons at five US bases — directed-energy defenses built to fry attacking drone swarms out of the sky
Sometime in the last several months, a laser or microwave weapon turret arrived at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota ...
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The Pentagon plans to buy 'tens to hundreds' of directed-energy weapons in the coming years as drones overwhelm traditional defenses
A single Stinger missile costs roughly $400,000. A Patriot interceptor runs closer to $4 million. The small drones they are ...
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The US Navy is full speed ahead on building a laser fleet
Operation Epic Fury may have strengthened the case for laser weapons, but the U.S. Navy's dream of putting one on every ship ...
A new pilot program will install “high-energy lasers and high-powered microwave systems” at major bases around the U.S.
After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ambitions, the U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth is. This funding, if approved, would not just mark a major increase ...
Artist’s rendering of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone disabling several attack drones with an integrated laser weapon pod. (General Atomics) Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a ...
The Pentagon has announced that they employ specialized energy weapons for defense, seemingly vindicating researchers who’d long warned about the tech. The Department of War’s Chief Technology Officer ...
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