Laser-based directed-energy weapons have been under development for defense purposes, particularly for the destruction of incoming missiles. One such example is the Boeing Airborne …

Mar 7, 2024 · Militaries around the world are rapidly developing science fiction-like laser weapons, motivated in part by the growing threat from swarms of drones.

May 28, 2015 · That seems only natural: laser weapons are a staple of modern video games, and ray-guns of various sorts were common in science fiction for decades before the first real-life …

Apr 24, 2024 · A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out of the sky.

Sep 29, 2020 · Historical transition from a Laserarm (misused off-the-shelf commercial Laser), to an Improvised Laser Weapon (Grey Assembled Military-Like Technology), and the Homemade …

May 27, 2015 · Long a staple of science fiction, laser weapons are edging closer to the battlefield — thanks to optical fibres. Silently, the drone aircraft glides above the arid terrain of New …

Jan 23, 2025 · Officially known as the Laser Gun with Pyrotechnic Flash Lamp, the Soviet Union secretly developed a handheld laser weapon in the late 1970s to equip cosmonauts on space …

Mar 20, 2012 · From hand-held ray guns to spaceship-mounted turbolasers, the futuristic weapon of choice is definitely bright, colorful blasts of energy. But will real technology ever catch up?

Sep 24, 2012 · Sure, some of these laser guns are harmless toys for kids used for tormenting your cat endlessly, but others are real military-grade laser guns. These big guns are used to …

Jul 2, 2018 · Chinese researchers have developed an actual laser gun that can ignite a target on fire from a half mile (800 meters) away, the South China Morning Post reported. But this new …