In a newly declassified video, the UK's £100 million (US$127 million) DragonFire laser weapon can be seen going through its paces as it blasted test bench and field targets, including drones and ...

During advanced testing, the British military used the DragonFire laser to shoot down a drone. The British military is careful with the details and specifications of the DragonFire. It is, after all, ...

Drones have another weapon in the arsenal thanks to "Crazy Li" Xiao: lasers. Not just lasers, but ones powerful enough to vaporize human tissue on contact and cut through metal. We've seen plenty of ...

The age of the laser weapon is finally upon us. The United States Army has officially sent a pair of high-energy laser weapons overseas to defend American troops and US allies against enemy drones, ...

The Army has inked a contract with defense giant Lockheed Martin for a platoon's worth of what would be the U.S. military's most powerful laser weapon system to date, the company announced Tuesday.

On July 28, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced it was planning to scale its current laser technology up to a 500-kilowatt-class laser. This would be a substantial increase in output over the ...

Armies around the world are testing high-energy laser weapons to intercept targets. If successful, the weapons could change warfare, as they travel near the speed of light. China said it found a way ...

China will showcase a range of new weapons during a vast military parade on Wednesday, in a show of strength that is being seen as a challenge to US military dominance. Military experts have been ...

Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a vast parade on September 3 in Beijing - Copyright AFP Aimal ZAHIR Chinese military personnel take part ...