Military officials could look to the potential of technology like high-powered lasers and microwave beams to stop missiles ...

The U.S. is losing the hypersonic arms race to China—but a formidable, new weapon could change the game. When the U.S. Navy’s ...

A Stryker carried a 50-kW laser for shooting down a range of small, fast-moving threats as part of the Army’s Directed-Energy Maneuver–Short-Range Air Defense program. Credit: Jim Kendall/U.S ...

Today, Ukrainians deployed their latest breakthrough: a powerful new laser weapon capable of blinding, burning, and even bringing down Russian drones and missiles mid-flight. Shahed drones have become ...

The British army is testing an energy weapon based on radio waves to destroy swarms of drones. The system impresses with its low deployment costs. The British armed forces have successfully shot ...

In 2015, U.S. aerospace and defense behemoth Boeing developed a laser weapon capable of taking down an unmanned aircraft by burning components of it from a distance in under 15 seconds.

The laser is a kinetic weapon, and can reportedly shoot down drones and missiles at close ranges. At longer ranges, it can blind sensors on other aerial threats. Reporting on this new system ...

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Sunday, April 13, 2025, announced the successful trial of the in-house developed Mk-II(A) Laser-Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system. It ...

In a major milestone for India’s defense capabilities, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested its first high-energy laser weapon system, the Mk-II(A) ...

Directed-energy weapons (DEWs) are rapidly changing military defense by targeting threats like drones and missiles with precision and lower costs. Advances in laser technology—such as fiber, ...

These drones can confuse the defense system and in the meantime, the enemy can use their lethal weapons. India has developed advanced ‘laser weapons’ to thwart this tactic of the enemy.