A sci-fi staple for decades, laser weapons are finally becoming reality in the US military, albeit with capabilities a little less dramatic than at the movies. Lightsabers -- the favored weapon of the ...

The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first high-energy tactical laser weapon to be fully integrated and cleared for operations ...

Laser weapons have become super portable. Defense and security company NUBURU's Lyocon subsidiary has adapted industrial laser technology to create an anti-drone laser weapon small and light enough to ...

After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ambitions, the U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth is. The U.S. Defense Department’s published a “skinny” version at its ...

This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. On April 30, the Financial Times reported Israel had ...

Shaky amateur footage showing rockets apparently disappearing in bursts of sparks over Lebanon were shared online on March 2, along with claims the videos showed the results of a futuristic Israeli ...

The Pentagon has started placing laser and microwave weapons at five U.S. military bases, marking the first time directed-energy systems designed to destroy drone swarms have moved from testing ranges ...

Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...

The Amphibious transport dock USS Portland with a mounted Laser Weapons System Demonstrator Mk 2 Mod 0, center, in 2021. (Lance Cpl. Patrick Katz/U.S. Marine Corps) Editor’s note: This story ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Israel's military used new laser weapons to kill enemy drones, making it the first country to do so in ...