Japan has quietly crossed a threshold that military planners have talked about for decades: it is now firing a shipboard ...

Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy has forward-deployed the laser-armed destroyer USS Preble in Japan since October 2024. The ...

The high-power laser weapon is installed on the 6,200-ton test ship JS Asuka and will undergo sea trials in real maritime ...

Japan is moving closer to deploying directed-energy weapons at sea, as a Japanese defense agency has confirmed that a ...

The UK's MOD said it test-fired a laser weapon that can track multiple targets and costs just $0.12 a shot, as nations look at ways to combat drones.

According to Rheinmetall, the German Navy’s directed energy weapon can engage a wide range of targets, including guided missiles, rockets, and drone swarms. The German Navy is getting closer to having ...

Russia claimed its new weapon could incinerate drones miles away in seconds. A senior US defense official said such claims could not be substantiated.

Imagine a battlefield where missiles are intercepted mid-air with beams of light, drones are neutralized in seconds, and the cost of firing a weapon is measured in pennies rather than millions. This ...

A still image from footage released by DRDO showing live-fire tests of its Integrated Air Defense Weapon System. Credit: DRDO India says it used a high-energy laser to down a drone as part of the ...