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Inside the new laser weapon that can blast aircraft out of the sky

The United Kingdom has quietly pushed a science‑fiction idea into operational reach: a ship and land based laser that can burn through aircraft and drones with concentrated light. DragonFire, a ...
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Trump-class warships to fast-track powerful laser weapons rollout across US Navy

The US Navy’s chief has fully supported directed energy weapons (DE), declaring that the ...
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EOS to scale high-energy laser production for weapons at Singapore site

EOS notes that it has already received a “world-first” export order for a 100 kW-class laser weapon system for the Netherlands. The firm also has what it calls a binding conditional agreement with a ...
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The Age of Laser Warfare Has Begun : Pennies per Shot & Rising Power

Imagine a battlefield where missiles are intercepted mid-air with beams of light, drones are neutralized in seconds, and the cost of firing a weapon is measured in pennies rather than millions. This ...
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Lasers, including under Israel’s Iron Beam, are innovating modern warfare — for better or worse

Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for modern warfare, the Israel Defense Forces successfully intercepted ...
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Laser weapons 100x times cheaper than missiles, but governments yet to utilise them

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How Navy SEAL Weapons Reveal the Evolution of Modern Warfare

Military weapons don’t change unless the battlefield forces them to.