India says it used a high-energy laser to down a drone as part of the first live-fire tests of its Integrated Air Defense ...

Laser weapons have been a staple of science fiction since long before lasers were even invented. More recently, they have also featured prominently in some conspiracy theories.

Laser weapons have been a staple of science fiction since long before lasers were even invented. More recently, they have also featured prominently in some conspiracy theories.

Like something out of a sci-fi movie, cutting edge lasers could instantaneously incapacitate and disrupt technology ...

A Chinese military expert lauded India's Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) test, particularly the Directed Energy ...

India successfully tested its Integrated Air Defence Weapon System off the coast of Odisha. The IADWS includes missiles and a ...

The Army wants laser weapons that can defeat drone threats, but it wants the ability to maintain them in battlefield ...

For a while missiles looked like potential prey. They have thin skins and are packed with fuel and explosives. Merely damaging the shell of a supersonic missile can create drag, causing it to tumble ...

Laser weapons are growing rapidly in prominence, from small-arms and tank-mounted laser dazzlers used by China, to ground or helicopter-mounted anti-drone and missile lasers tested by the Army ...

Meanwhile, the Army has tested a 5-kilowatt laser mounted on a Stryker combat vehicle and aims to field-test a 50-kW Stryker-mounted laser in 2021, with a goal of fielding it by 2023.

Laser Weapons Are Future for Missile Defense, Space, Expert Says An artist’s rendering of how a B-1 bomber deploying a laser weapon. (DARPA) ...

Flying laser weapons are coming. The U.S. Air Force is on track to test its first airborne laser weapons by 2021. Lasers attached to fighter jets, drones, or even cargo planes will attack targets ...