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A ship-mounted laser called Locust just went to sea — a directed-energy gun built to burn drones and small boats before they reach the hull
Somewhere in the Atlantic this spring, the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush pointed a laser at an incoming drone and ...
Morning Overview on MSN
A US destroyer just burned attacking drones out of the sky with a high-energy laser — a silent weapon that fires for pennies a shot
Somewhere in the Pacific, a guided-missile destroyer pointed something other than a missile at an incoming drone. The ship’s ...
Military Times on MSN
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 ...
Defense News on MSN
What we know about the US military's new joint laser weapon system
The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles.
Interesting Engineering on MSN
Laser energy weapon training begins for US Navy to effectively blind unmanned aerial threats
Sailors in the U.S. Navy are set to receive certified training for operating and ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN
Pentagon tests Locust laser that downs drones without harming nearby civilian aircraft
AeroVironment’s LOCUST laser weapon recently finished a major counter-drone test with the Pentagon and ...
The National Interest on MSN
US Navy Trained First Sailors at New ‘Laser Lab’
The US Navy has invested heavily in the “ODIN,” an anti-drone laser—and is beginning to train its sailors on how to use it.
Defense News on MSN
The US military wants a fleet of missile-killing laser drones
The U.S. military is once again pursuing flying directed energy weapons to counter threats to American airspace.
Lasers, microwaves and other directed-energy weapons systems will be deployed to defend against illegal drone flights around five military bases under a Pentagon pilot program announced Thursday. The ...
The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150 kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles. This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars, a ...
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