The Pentagon’s push to field laser weapons has shifted from laboratory curiosity to operational reality, with recent tests ...

Russia spent decades nurturing a secretive airborne laser program that promised to blind satellites and shield its forces ...

Japan has taken a major step toward fielding directed-energy weapons, moving ahead with sea-based trials of its new ...

On 2 December 2025, a containerized prototype high-energy laser system was confirmed to be installed on the aft deck of JS ...

During the Hebrides trials, the system intercepted drones traveling up to 650 km/h (403 mph). This was the first time the UK ...

The United Kingdom’s high-powered laser weapon is said to be capable of shooting down drones travelling as fast as 650 ...

Britain plans to equip Type 45 destroyers with DragonFire laser weapons by 2027, marking a first for Europe in shipborne ...

Laser beams, robodogs and drone-zapping microwaves, these are the types of weapons that could be deployed on battlefields in the not too distant future. Some are already here. The threat of a wider ...

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

British military tested out a powerful laser that can take down high-speed drones which have become widely available in the battlefield.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The effort wasn’t a total waste, however. The OICW inspired the M320 grenade launcher and the XM25 air-burst munitions system. The U.S. Army’s Objective Individual ...

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 ...