As conflict escalates following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory strikes, reports have emerged that Israel may have used laser weapons to shoot down rockets fired ...

The accidental shoot-down comes two weeks after a major airspace closure was prompted by the use of a laser weapon along the ...

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Military planners spent years treating high-energy lasers as a science project. In 2025, that changed, as directed-energy systems moved from test ranges into real air defense networks and forced ...

The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m contract for its deployment on a Type 45 destroyer by 2027 was awarded. The ...

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Attalon, Inc., a provider of mission-critical optical and directed energy technologies, today announced its launch as an independent standalone company ...

(CNN) — The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to ...

In light of the successful US military raid on Caracas, Venezuela, that led to the successful capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, President Donald Trump claimed that some form of ...