Article Summary – More than a decade after the USS Ponce first fired the Navy’s Laser Weapons System, directed-energy arms ...

The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m contract for its deployment on a ...

Discover why lasers could shift air defense, protect ships, and threaten satellites, plus what limits remain before megawatt systems arrive.

Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for modern warfare, the Israel Defense Forces successfully intercepted ...

The UK has showcased its new laser weapon, DragonFire. The weapon is highly accurate and cheap, the Ministry of Defence said, costing just $13 a shot. Lasers could prove an effective new form of air ...

The USS Portland test-fires a laser weapon. The photo captured infrared light to make the beam visible. Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert/Marine Corps via AP Nations around the world are rapidly developing ...

In a newly declassified video, the UK's £100 million (US$127 million) DragonFire laser weapon can be seen going through its paces as it blasted test bench and field targets, including drones and ...

The DragonFire also offers a much cheaper than traditional missile-based air defense. It will make the U.K. the first ...

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 ...

Despite the DragonFire laser’s impressive capabilities, it is not perfect; like all laser weapons, it operates only within line of sight, and can be degraded by poor weather conditions.

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships. The photo of ...