Combining a high-energy laser with an optical dazzler, HELIOS can both destroy ... speculate that directed energy weapons (DEW) can be used for missile defense. Given President Donald Trump ...

Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense systems, and countries in the Middle East are looking to laser weapons ...

USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS ... laser weapon is expected to reach operational capacity by the end of this year, according to the Israel Defense ...

U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries announced this week that it will develop a new high-energy laser weapon for ...

The Navy has shown off its jaw-dropping new laser weapon. The HELIOS system can be seen firing from a warship in an internal military report, published in January, showcasing the latest ...

The Defense Department expects to stand up its first battalion of Stryker vehicles outfitted with high-powered laser weapons by some ... Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (DE-MSHORAD) Stryker ...

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(Chris McGrath/Getty Images) THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ukraine claims to be one of the first countries to have successfully developed a laser ... weapon’s existence and some key parameters at a ...

Citing the Japanese Defense Ministry ... yet made any official announcement of ship-borne laser weapons. In late 2024, the US Navy tested the HELIOS laser weapon system with the USS Preble ...

MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. Russian army has laser weapons in service, which can hit predetermined targets, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper ...