Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...
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Rise of military lasers in 2025: How directed weapons reshaped defense plans
Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...
China seems to have outpaced the United States and its allies in the development of directed energy weapons—as seen by its recent exports to the Middle East.
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Japan mounts a massive laser weapon on a naval test ship
Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, installing a massive high-energy laser on a dedicated test ship and ...
ISRAEL has deployed an unstoppable new weapon that can blast drones out of the sky at the speed of light. The first ...
The LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) integrated on an Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) was delivered to the U.S.
The high-power laser weapon is installed on the 6,200-ton test ship JS Asuka and will undergo sea trials in real maritime ...
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This new laser energy weapon costs $1 per shot
Inspired by science fiction but grounded in modern engineering, we examine how a new generation of laser-based air defense is ...
having-a-blast–767664 Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducts a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration on a static surface training target, Dec. 14, while sailing in the ...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officially received its first Iron Beam laser weapon system in a ceremony held on 28 December ...
Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for modern warfare, the Israel Defense Forces successfully intercepted ...
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