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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 ...

During its Pacific patrol last year, the USS Preble successfully shot down an unmanned aerial target using its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system.

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 ...

Credit: From Russian defense ministry video. Russia has conducted large-scale trials of new laser systems against UAVs, the country’s government reported June 13. The trials involved eight products ...

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 ...

Four years into Russia's invasion, and Ukraine stands at the forefront of a changing aerial defense landscape. The conflict's increasing reliance on drones has given militaries around the world an ...