Still shopping for the perfect death ray, the US Army has tapped Huntington Ingalls to build and test a prototype laser weapon designed to fry drones in flight. Virginia-based Huntington Ingalls ...

A race is on in the Middle East to develop sophisticated laser weapons. Gulf states are seeking to emulate Israel's Iron Beam air defenses. Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense ...

Defence will receive a further £2.2bn funding boost this year which will include equipping Royal Navy ships with state-of-the-art laser weapons that can hit a £1 coin from a kilometre away ...

A race is on in the Middle East to develop sophisticated laser weapons. Gulf states are seeking to emulate Israel's Iron Beam air defenses. Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense ...

Ukraine has reportedly developed and deployed what it claims is one of the first laser anti-aircraft weapons in the world, according to Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi, commander of the Ukrainian ...

When a Wisconsin shipyard won the contract to build a new class of Navy frigate in 2020, the project was meant to address an embarrassing reality: The U.S. is now the global laggard in building ...

An Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser guided kit is displayed at the BAE Systems stand on the opening day of the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow, southwest of London ...

However, space-based military-grade laser weapon systems under development could shape the battlefield anew. They would harness the fastest possible communications—via the light-speed of ...

The next step is Field Evaluation Trial of a weapon system, which currently takes years as the armed forces want the system to be tested in polar conditions as well as the desert. Given that ...

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APKWS II: Laser-Guided Rockets Used in Air-to-Air Role against Houthi Drones The U.S. military confirmed using 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) rockets in an air-to-air role ...

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has denied that his police forces used a banned ‘sonic weapon’ to disperse protesters in Belgrade. In a statement, he said, “I have had the opportunity to see this ...