From hand-held blasters to planet-destroying death rays, laser weapons are a fanciful staple of science fiction. But at their core, lasers are just concentrated beams of light that generate heat.

laser directed energy weapons do still hold the promise of largely unconstrained magazine depth – as long as there is sufficient power and cooling – and fast-as-light precision engagements ...

Summary: The UK's Royal Navy is testing DragonFire, a laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) capable of engaging targets at the ...

used AI to make laser weapons better able to target and destroy multiple drone attacks. With their ability to engage targets at the speed of light, lasers are being seriously developed by the ...

Laser weapons are to be used in the fight against drones in future. By 2030, European laser weapons with an output of 100 ...

“the U.S. Navy has not released any videos of High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system demonstration on USS Preble (DDG 88).” The weapon is still ...

In a record-breaking test, researchers remotely detected radioactive material by shooting it with infrared laser pulses and ...

Chinese company ZKZM Laser has produced the ZKZM-500 laser assault ... ignoring losses, to light the cotton on fire, 645 W.) For 500 meters, using the same formula we calculate that the dispersion ...

The Preble's 60-kilowatt laser weapon can blind intelligence ... the laser fires at the speed of light, making it more cost-effective per shot and ideal for countering low-cost drones, reported ...