The decision reflects challenges researchers encountered with making a continuous-wave beam capable of targeting a fast, hardened cruise missile.

Drones are changing the face of warfare as we know it, so the race to develop effective defense is on. Here's what Ukraine is doing to repel Russian attacks.

Amid waves of Iranian drone attacks, the U.S. Defense Department is pushing to finally field high-energy laser weapons in the ...

The U.S. Navy’s push to mount high‑energy laser weapons on surface ships is no longer a distant concept but a contract‑backed effort moving through formal acquisition channels. Rather than being tied ...

Israel’s Ministry of Defense has completed its first-ever series of airborne laser interception tests, successfully destroying unmanned aerial vehicles with a high-power laser weapon system mounted on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for ...

The systems were prototypes and are being integrated into the country's air defenses. Videos and photos show the system, made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Israel's military used new laser ...

The LOCUST Laser Weapon System, a 20-kilowatt counter-drone weapon, conducts tests at the Military Institute of Armament Technology in Zielonka, Poland in February 2026. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via ...

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 ...