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Japan tests containerized 100 kW ship laser in real ocean combat conditions
Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, moving a 100 kilowatt class laser from the lab into real ocean ...
The dream of laser weapons has not materialized nearly as fast as the Pentagon once thought it would, but the Navy's top ...
The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first ...
In the vast expanse of the ocean, a streak of white light pierces the sky. It’s not lightning, but a weapon — a high-energy laser fired from the deck of a U.S. Navy destroyer. This is HELIOS, the High ...
Scientists in the Plasma Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are building on a multi-year research effort that demonstrated the potential of an advanced laser technology that could ...
The following is the Jan. 15 2026, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Shipbuilding: Improving Warfighter ...
NATO forces with an M270 A2 mobile rocket system near Heinu, Finland, November 2024. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) MILAN – Finland has planned a live-firing event to assess the potential of laser-guided ...
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Why Germany Is Building a New Naval Laser
Germany’s laser system is roughly comparable to the United Kingdom’s “DragonFire” system, though both programs still have substantial technical challenges to overcome.
Following further successful trials of the UK’s DragonFire laser weapon in November last year, which took place at the ...
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