The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first ...

The UK said it test-fired a laser beam weapon in a "groundbreaking" trial. The Ministry of Defence said it could neutralize targets for just $0.12 a shot. Countries are racing to develop weapons that ...

It’s being described as a breakthrough in air defense. For the first time, Israel’s high-power laser air defense system has been used in combat. The system’s maker, Rafael, and Israel’s Ministry of ...

Drone swarms can quickly overwhelm defenses and are difficult to combat effectively, but China's new microwave system could ...

Laser beams, robodogs and drone-zapping microwaves, these are the types of weapons that could be deployed on battlefields in the not too distant future. Some are already here. The threat of a wider ...

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 ...

Chinese scientists claim to have made a breakthrough in a real-life “Death Star” energy beam weapon, according to reports. The new high-powered microwave weapon combines many small electromagnetic ...

This article originally appeared in Popular Science. On Sept. 15, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it had delivered a 300-kw laser to the Department of Defense. Developed for a program ...

Earlier in the year, the US Navy deployed its first combat-ready laser weapon system in the Persian Gulf -- and now, after some field testing, we have a glorious video of the laser being used to blow ...

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