Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The schedule for long-planned flight testing of an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship with a laser directed energy weapon has slipped ...

The UK government has announced the first successful test of laser technology against aerial targets, which could "boost the UK Armed Forces with greater accuracy while reducing the reliance on ...

Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducts a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration on a static surface training target, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden. See SWNS ...

The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has reached a major milestone in its testing of a military laser that can strike any visible aerial and sea targets. Development of directed energy ...

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, installing a massive high-energy laser on a dedicated test ship and beginning live trials at sea. The system, rated at 100-kilowatt power, is ...

A Wolfhound armored personnel carrier, equipped with a laser weapon for zapping drones, sits at the Radnor Range in Wales during tests. (British MOD) PARIS — British Army troops fired a high-energy ...

BLACKSTONE, Va. — Police officers took aim this week at vehicles zipping down a runway in tests meant to convince judges that laser speed guns — increasingly popular among law enforcement — are as ...

Taiwan has developed a high-energy laser cannon with the help of a foreign "friend." The vehicle-mounted weapon, code-named "Lightning Protection Project," was built by Taiwan state-owned arms ...

The UK has tested a new laser weapon for shooting down drones. The Ministry of Defense says the weapon uses a high-power beam that travels at the speed of light. It could help defend ships and armored ...

February 6, 2024: Britain has developed a laser-based weapon called DragonFire that can destroy or disable a UAV several kilometers distant. Each shot costs about $13 for the necessary electricity ...