Israel unveils Iron Beam laser weapon while achieving record $15B arms sales

Israel unveiled the Iron Beam laser defense system that intercepts missiles and drones at the speed of light for just $3 per ...
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Japan trials 100-kilowatt laser weapon — it can cut through metal and drones mid-flight

Japan has deployed a system that fires laser beams with 100 kilowatts of energy — powerful enough to disable small drones. It ...
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Japan Trials 100-Kilowatt Laser Weapon to Combat Drones

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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Laser Weapon Appears On Chinese Amphibious Assault Ship

China appears to have installed a laser directed energy weapon on one of its Type 071 amphibious assault ships, mirroring U.S. and other nations’ expanding activities in the same arena. Recent actions ...
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U.S. Army receives truck-mounted LOCUST laser weapons

AeroVironment delivers 20kW-class lasers with a larger aperture beam director on tactical vehicles. These systems were delivered to the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, ...
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Japan tests 100 kW laser weapon that slices metal and drones

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold that military planners have talked about for decades: it is now firing a shipboard ...
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Ukraine says it's far along in developing laser weapons to take out Russian drones

Ukraine is testing laser weapons for use against Russian targets, a Ukrainian commander said. Vadym Sukharevskyi told RFE/RL that laser weapons are now hitting targets at "certain altitude." Lasers ...
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AV Delivers JLTV-Mounted LOCUST Laser Weapon Systems to U.S. Army

The LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) integrated on an Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) was delivered to the U.S.
New York Post

Lasers, including under Israel’s Iron Beam, are innovating modern warfare — for better or worse

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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South Korea to deploy laser weapons to intercept North Korean drones

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday it will begin deploying laser weapons systems designed to intercept North Korean drones, which have caused security concerns in the South in recent ...
The National Interest

Laser Weapons

On April 13, the United States Navy announced that it conducted a test of a new laser weapon. According to a statement released by the Navy, “The ground-based laser system... United States Air Force ...
New Atlas

Advanced laser weapon field tests conducted on army vehicle

In another step toward practical battlefield energy weapons, the UK has for the first time tested a laser weapon mounted on a British Army Wolfhound armored vehicle as part of the Land Laser Directed ...