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U.K. touts successful test of new radio wave weapon to take down "swarms of drones"
The U.K. military has carried out a first successful test of a British-made "directed energy weapon" to down dozens of drones ...
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China neighbor tests lethal laser weapon to kill missiles, drones, spy sensors
One of China’s neighbors has announced the successful testing of a powerful laser weapon to thwart drone attacks and destroy ...
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A Navy Destroyer Has Been Armed with the HELIOS Laser
Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. While only a few of the Navy’s vessels feature the new weapon, experts expect HELIOS ...
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What are the new destructive DragonFire lasers which will be fitted to four Royal Navy destroyers?
The laser-directed energy weapon known as DragonFire will be installed ... “Previously, we inherited an unfunded plan for a single destroyer to get the DragonFire system, and we're now ...
DRDO tests futuristic 'Star Wars' laser weapon: Here's what it can do
DRDO successfully tests indigenous laser-based directed energy weapon, MK-II(A), shooting down drones and placing India among ...
In a first, India shoots down drones with laser weapon, joins elite league of nations: Watch video
Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) at the National Open Air Range (NOAR) in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. It has a ...
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Royal Navy could bring four laser 'death ray' weapons that can destroy a £1 coin from a kilometre away into service in just two years under defence spending boost
The April funding increase will help pay for new technologies, like long range laser and microwave weapons – collectively known as directed energy weapons – which will be fitted to warships.