Newly released footage shows the UK’s Dragonfire laser weapon system taking down drones at a test range — and the Royal Navy says it plans to put lasers on ships within two years. In this clip, we ...

High-energy lasers are having an overdue moment. The Pentagon plans to procure them soon for the Army and the Navy and demonstrate a 1-megawatt-class laser capable of downing ballistic and hypersonic ...

The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, deployed on a US naval ship, downed several drones last week. Here’s what you need to know about the game-changing technology. V ...

What good is a weapon with an almost bottomless magazine if the ship carrying it is running short on the electricity to make ...

The Belgian Air Force has been testing the FZ275 laser-guided rocket and APKWS II on its F-16s to effectively counter the evolving threat of cheap attack drones. A Belgian Air Force F-16AM was spotted ...

The U.S. military is rapidly advancing high-energy laser weapons as a cost-effective alternative to traditional missile defense. While the cost per shot is significantly lower, operational limitations ...

Unlike conventional bombs that explode on impact, bunker-busters drill through layers of soil, rock or concrete before detonating inside the structure ...

High-power microwave weapon expert was elected to the nation's top scientific body in 2009 A former top-ranking scientist in the Chinese military and one-time nuclear test site commander, Liu Guozhi, ...

Japan has completed a series of shipboard laser trials aboard its long‑serving experimental vessel JS Asuka and will now begin work on a new prototype as part of ...

Unlike conventional bombs that explode on impact, bunker-buster bombs drill through layers of soil, rock or reinforced ...

Iran's expanding use of low-cost drones and missile systems is exposing vulnerabilities in traditional air defense strategies, raising concerns ...

The U.S. Navy has resumed trials of an electromagnetic railgun. It could be deployed on future battleships.