Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy has forward-deployed the laser-armed destroyer USS Preble in Japan since October 2024. The ...

As Russia intensifies drone and missile strikes, Ukraine has unveiled a domestically built laser air-defense system called ...

On 2 December 2025, a containerized prototype high-energy laser system was confirmed to be installed on the aft deck of JS ...

Israel is preparing to deploy the world’s first operational laser defense system, the Iron Beam. Learn how this breakthrough weapon can shoot down drones and rockets at ultra-low cost after successful ...

During its Pacific patrol last year, the USS Preble successfully shot down an unmanned aerial target using its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system.

As such, the new system from Merio offloads this capability onto unmanned drones so that targets can be marked remotely and ...

One of the most important names in the field of military drones, American defense contractor AeroVironment, announced at the end of September a significant evolution of one of the most widespread ...

Israel is preparing to deploy one of the world’s first combat-ready laser air-defense systems, marking a historic shift in how nations defend against rockets, drones and missiles — and a sign that ...

The concept of a laser-based mosquito defence system took off back in 2007, when astrophysicist Lowell Wood (one of the architects of the USA's famous Reagan-era "Star Wars" missile defence initiative ...

The JGSDF is testing a mobile laser system (pictured) developed by Japan's ATLA in partnership with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. (Janes/Oishee Majumdar) The Japanese Ministry of Defense's (MoD's) ...