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The Air Force is about to slap a frickin’ laser beam on its deadliest gunship
Putting the "kill" in kilowatt
Drones pose the biggest threat to US troops in the Middle East since IEDs, top general says
Welcome to the Drone Wars.
The Navy just got its hands on a new frickin’ laser weapon to play with
🎶 We're on the highway to the laser zone 🎶
The Army is gearing up for a laser Stryker shoot-off
*Slaps hood* This bad can hold so much pew pew pew
The Air Force successfully tested a mobile laser weapon to protect convoys from enemy drones
The U.S. military's hypersonic bullets and robot dogs aren't the only innovative technologies to get a workout during a recent Air Force exercise
USS Portland Laser Weapon System Demonstrator
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0
AFSOC to finally mount a laser weapon on an AC-130 gunship
After years of funding woes, Air Force Special Operations Command is on track to fire a high-powered laser weapon from an AC-130 gunship sometime in fiscal year 2022
The Air Force just fielded its first high-energy laser weapon overseas
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has delivered what it says is the Air Force’s first high-energy laser weapon for battlefield use against drones
US Navy to China: ‘You don’t want to play laser tag with us’
The U.S. Navy has issued an unusual warning to China following the lasering of a U.S. patrol aircraft last week
The Navy just installed a laser on a destroyer to counter incoming drones
A Navy destroyer recently got a major power-up when a laser was installed during a recent dry dock period, the service announced in on Thursday
The Navy wants to slap a laser on a littoral combat ship for the first time
The Navy plans on slapping a laser weapon on a littoral combat ship for the first time in the next year amid increased efforts to field laser systems aboard surface warships, USNI News reports
China reportedly wants to slap laser cannons on its fighter jets
The Chinese military is exploring a potential laser weapon system to mount on various aircraft to give them an extra edge in a dogfight
The Navy wants lasers to shoot down drones and missiles, but its ships lack the power to fire them
'We are out of Schlitz with regard to power ... we don't have as much' extra for additional functions"
The Army is going all in on a high-powered laser weapon
After years of testing out a low-energy Stryker-mounted directed energy system, the Army is formally pushing for a combat-ready laser weapon to blast enemy drones and ordnance out of the sky in the next four years
The German navy is building a laser cannon
A German K-130 class corvette next year will receive a prototype high-energy laser weapons system, or HELWS, for a two-year demonstration
The Pentagon’s new laser system can reportedly identify enemies by their heartbeat from 650 feet away
The Pentagon, at the request of U.S. special operations forces, used this principle to develop an infrared laser that can identify enemy combatants from a distance by reading their cardiac signature
New York man arrested for pointing laser at Army National Guard helicopter
Suspected of pointing a laser at an Army National Guard helicopter on Wednesday night, Robert Simione, 72, of Mount Sinai, was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for reckless endangerment
The Army says it will have hypersonic missiles and laser weapons ready for combat sooner than you think
The Army says it will be able to field combat vehicle-mounted lasers and hypersonic missiles within the next four years to prepare for combat against rivals like Russia or China that may employ enemy drones or their own hypersonic weapons
One lucky destroyer crew will officially be the first to rock the Navy’s newest laser weapon
The Pearl Harbor-based USS Preble will be the first destroyer to be equipped with a high-energy laser to counter surface craft and unmanned aerial systems, according to a published report, with the Navy planning to one day use the powerful light beams to defend against Chinese or Russian cruise missiles
The Navy wants to mount a powerful new laser on a destroyer to ‘burn the boats’
The Navy intends to mount a laser weapons system aboard a guided-missile destroyer for user against small enemy watercraft in the next two years, the head of the service's surface warfare directorate announced
The Pentagon’s new plan to kill North Korean ICBMs is basically ripped right from ‘Asteroid’
The Defense Department is weighing a plan to deploy F-35 fighters to hover on the outskirts of North Korea airspace and neutralize intercontinental ballistic missiles shortly after launch
Watch Russia Unveil Its New Laser Weapon
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty. Russia's Defense Ministry has unveiled a new laser...
