Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dept. Of War Confirms Plans To Scale ‘Directed Energy Weapons’ Image by CS StockShutterstock The Department of War has confirmed ...

Amid waves of Iranian drone attacks, the U.S. Defense Department is pushing to finally field high-energy laser weapons in the ...

A CBS 60 Minutes broadcast has drawn fresh attention to a secret 2024 test in Norway in which a government scientist operated ...

Military planners spent years treating high-energy lasers as a science project. In 2025, that changed, as directed-energy systems moved from test ranges into real air defense networks and forced ...

Whenever you hear a military general, particularly one from the global north, say “modernization,” it is understood that they are referring to the development and integration of next-generation ...

Officials say the reported drones pose no threat to public safety or national security. In many instances, authorities said, the drones have been mistakenly identified: They were manned aircraft, ...

Directed energy weapons, which fire concentrated energy at light speed, can include high-energy lasers and high-power microwave weapons, according to the federal Government Accountability Office.

The “Golden Dome” cannot rely upon long-range continental defenses; it will need short- and medium-range defenses as a backup. This is where the Army’s DE M-SHORAD system could come in. America’s ...

Statement: Drones reported across the nation, including around the U.S. Capitol, have directed-energy weapons that have a “space-based laser generating system that can create pestilence.” In a winding ...