Japan's development of a laser weapon comes as it faces China's growing military capabilities.

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

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.

Ukraine is moving directed-energy weapons from theory to the battlefield. Its new Tryzub laser air-defense system, developed ...

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 ...

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) ...