The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first ...

Trump’s Navy chief is calling for giant lasers to be included on new battleships - US has not commissioned a battleship in ...

Drone swarms can quickly overwhelm defenses and are difficult to combat effectively, but China's new microwave system could ...

The “directed energy weapons” have been hailed as an 'exciting' technology that could help shield the UK from emerging threats.

The dream of laser weapons has not materialized nearly as fast as the Pentagon once thought it would, but the Navy's top ...

German defense firms Rheinmetall and MBDA Germany plan to establish a joint venture in ...

Portable laser weapons are now in U.S. Army units, promising cheap, rapid defense against drones, rockets, and other small ...

Among the most worrying developments and major mysteries in war and espionage over the last decade is a condition known as ...

China's Norinco sent its OW5-A50 counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) to a local ...

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 ...

It’s being described as a breakthrough in air defense. For the first time, Israel’s high-power laser air defense system has been used in combat. The system’s maker, Rafael, and Israel’s Ministry of ...

Following further successful trials of the UK’s DragonFire laser weapon in November last year, which took place at the ...