As conflict escalates following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory strikes, reports have emerged that Israel may have used laser weapons to shoot down rockets fired ...

As the United States moves toward possible military conflict with Iran, the White House and the Pentagon have been boasting about an exotic arsenal of directed-energy weapons that could signal a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dept. Of War Confirms Plans To Scale ‘Directed Energy Weapons’ Image by CS StockShutterstock The Department of War has confirmed ...

Targeted at home by Russian directed energy weapons. Read one Space Force veteran's harrowing story of surviving anomalous ...

The Army continues to invest in “directed energy weapons” (lasers) to counter drones, due to their relatively low cost per shot. As unmanned aerial systems are becoming increasingly deadly on the ...

A few months from now, Peter Anthony Schlesinger hopes to zap a laser beam at a couple of chickens or other animals in a cage a few dozen yards away. If all goes as planned, the chickens will be ...

The directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal ...

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 ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...

Iran tensions highlight why the Pentagon is investing billions in Directed-Energy weapons to counter missile shortages and future wars.