The age of the kinetic-only navy is ending. Quietly, over the past decade, the U.S. Navy has been integrating weapons that fire beams of light instead of bullets, cost pennies per shot instead of ...

For decades, many of the most advanced military weapons were developed in complete secrecy. Classified research programs allowed governments to design new aircraft, missiles, and surveillance systems ...

A $3.8 million contract gives America’s largest shipbuilder its first known naval laser project, as the service races to turn directed-energy weapons into deployable systems. This article is ...

A containerized LOCUST Laser Weapon System on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. (U.S. Navy) Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a ...

BATH, Maine – Some of the Navy’s futuristic weapons sound like something out of “Star Wars,” with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic ...

Iranian citizens have witnessed some dazzling laser shows recently — but they’re not the kind you’d see at a Metallica concert. The US military has been deploying lasers in the Strait of Hormuz to ...

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

The United States has deployed weapons in space and will use them to defend American forces, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday. It's the first public acknowledgment that the nation has such ...

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