Direct-energy Weapons
France’s new laser rifle silently melts electronics at 500 meters
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Taiwan developing vehicle-mounted 50kw laser weapon system
Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) is developing a 50-kilowatt laser weapon to neutralize enemy missiles and drones. The laser can be mounted on CM-32 Clouded Leopard armored vehicles for added mobility […]
Direct-energy Weapons
UK’s Dragonfire Laser Directed Energy Weapon Started Trials
Dragonfire, the UK’s Laser Directed Energy Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has successfully begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power of the novel laser weapon. The first of these trials recently […]
Americas
U.S. Air Force Received First Airborne Laser Weapons
The US Air Force has taken delivery of the first LANCE (Laser Advancements for Next-generation Compact Environments) directed energy weapon system from Lockheed Martin. According to a report from Breaking Defense, the company revealed it delivered […]
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Should Australia Give China Taste of Laser Weapons Through RAN’s Hobart-class Destroyer?
The Australian Department of Defense confirmed on 17 February 2022, a P-8A Poseidon detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight over Australia’s northern approaches with the Australian exclusive economic zone. Such actions are […]
Direct-energy Weapons
PLA Navy Fired Weapons Grade Laser at Australian Navy’s P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
The Australian Defense Department said that a Chinese navy ship fired a laser at one of its surveillance aircraft, putting the lives of the crew in danger, learned GDC citing ABC Australia. The incident happened […]
Direct-energy Weapons
Israeli To Develop Ground-based Laser Beam
Israel is to deploy a laser interception system to protect itself from ground-launched and airborne threats within the next 12 months, the government announced on 1 February. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that the […]
Americas
Boeing and General Atomics join forces on new laser weapon
A General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems and Boeing team has been awarded a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) contract to develop a 300kW-class solid state Distributed Gain High Energy Laser Weapon System. […]
Americas
US Military Successfully Deploys Counter-UAS High Energy Laser Weapon System
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US Army Selected Northrop Short Range Air Defense System Selected as Command and Control systems
Northrop Grumman will offer the U.S. Army a weapons platform, including a laser of undisclosed strength, hoping to satisfy the service’s need for a short-range air defense (SHORAD) system that can knock helicopters and drones from […]