For a while missiles looked like potential prey. They have thin skins and are packed with fuel and explosives. Merely damaging the shell of a supersonic missile can create drag, causing it to tumble ...

Let’s talk about lasers—not the kind from your favorite sci-fi movie, but the real, high-powered beams the U.S. Navy is ...

When is a laser weapon not a weapon? When it's the ASELSAN YILDIRIM 100 Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) System that ...

Laser have come a long way. They are powerful, simple and inexpensive to operate, and hit the target at the speed of light.

Israel has developed three laser air defence systems that can track and destroy enemy fighter jets, drones, and missiles ...

Directed Energy Weapons offer advantages such as high speed, precision, and the potential for lower cost per shot compared to ...

The newly manufactured BGSe crystal, measuring 60 millimeters in diameter, is capable of converting short-wave infrared ...

Chinese media highlighted laser weapons’ ability to instantly destroy targets with unlimited ammunition, dependent on the ...

But laser weapons are yet to be deployed at scale, and remain experimental. Bad weather or smoke can also interfere with the strength and precision of a beam, and generating the power needed in ...

Laser weapons have been a priority for militaries around world, especially in the Middle East, where countries are racing to field the technology.

A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) subsidiary has won a potential $942.8 million contract to build and deliver two laser weapon test units to the U.S. Navy under increment 1 of the High Energy Laser ...

The Senate committee was critical of the "airborne laser" program, a first-generation missile defense system. It held back $30 million from next year's budget and said funds for a second version ...