In 2018, reports emerged that China had created the ZKZM-500 — a portable laser weapon capable of igniting objects nearly a kilometer away while producing neither sound nor visible light. The ...

Japan has deployed a system that fires laser beams with 100 kilowatts of energy — powerful enough to disable small drones. It was installed on board a 6,200-ton (6.3 million kg) warship.

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold that military planners have talked about for decades: it is now firing a shipboard ...

November 19, 2024: The U.S. Army has developed and deployed four Locust Laser Weapon Systems at undisclosed locations overseas. The 2.1 by 2.1 meter system weighs 1,540 kg and the system can be ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The challenge now is to get lasers down to size. And, with delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, when that will be is anybody’s guess—but... The laser program, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, March 27. /TASS/. A laser rifle that downs drones at a distance of 500 meters was displayed at the Pan-Russian conference on the protection of civilian facilities against unmanned ...