Newly released footage shows the UK’s Dragonfire laser weapon system taking down drones at a test range — and the Royal Navy ...

As Russia intensifies drone and missile strikes, Ukraine has unveiled a domestically built laser air-defense system called Tryzub, presented by commanders as a working battlefield weapon rather than a ...

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 ...

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

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

The UK has fast-tracked deployment of its DragonFire laser weapon for the Royal Navy after trials in Scotland proved its ...

Like so many conflicts before it, the Russo-Ukraine war has forced both sides to innovate. Since they have been able to gain ...

Beijing could easily outfit “roll-on/roll-off” civilian ships with laser weapons, pressing them into service to cross the ...

The use of drones has changed the character of warfare with the zone in which ground forces are vulnerable to lethal attack ...

In 2008, a team of UCLA-led scientists proposed a scheme to use a laser to excite the nucleus of thorium atoms to realize extremely accurate, portable clocks. Last year, they realized this ...

In modern warfare, tanks are no longer threatened only by other tanks. Today’s battlefields are shaped by a new generation of ...

In new trials at the MOD’s Hebrides range, the laser shot down drones that can fly up to 650km/h - twice the top speed of a Formula 1 car, and can hit a £1 coin from a kilometre away ...