China appears to be expanding its experimentation with directed-energy weapons at sea, after new images circulating on Chinese social media showed the LY-1 laser system mounted on the open deck of a ...
Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy has forward-deployed the laser-armed destroyer USS Preble in Japan since October 2024. The ...
The UK government has announced the first successful test of laser technology against aerial targets, which could "boost the UK Armed Forces with greater accuracy while reducing the reliance on ...
A Wolfhound armored personnel carrier, equipped with a laser weapon for zapping drones, sits at the Radnor Range in Wales during tests. (British MOD) PARIS — British Army troops fired a high-energy ...
Taiwan has developed a high-energy laser cannon with the help of a foreign "friend." The vehicle-mounted weapon, code-named "Lightning Protection Project," was built by Taiwan state-owned arms ...
The United Kingdom has quietly brought a piece of science fiction into operational reality, field‑testing a high‑energy laser that can burn a fast‑moving drone out of the sky in seconds. The ...
In another step toward practical battlefield energy weapons, the UK has for the first time tested a laser weapon mounted on a British Army Wolfhound armored vehicle as part of the Land Laser Directed ...
The weapon will provide highly effective defence against drone and missile threats with just £10 a shot. The UK Ministry of Defence announced that the new, cutting-edge DragonFire laser will be ...
The UK has tested a new laser weapon for shooting down drones. The Ministry of Defense says the weapon uses a high-power beam that travels at the speed of light. It could help defend ships and armored ...
The Australian Department of Defence has demonstrated what is not only the country's first laser weapon, but what is billed as the world’s most powerful portable high-energy laser, capable of taking ...
Credit: From Russian defense ministry video. Russia has conducted large-scale trials of new laser systems against UAVs, the country’s government reported June 13. The trials involved eight products ...