Laser-based air defence is moving from promise to deployment as global threats evolve. In this special podcast, we explore how high-energy laser systems are reshaping interception strategies. For the ...

A possible future of Army laser weapons is undergoing testing on White Sands Missile Range.The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator, or HEL-MD, is a proof of concept weapon system designed to ...

The Iron Dome has a success rate of about 90 percent against incoming rockets. Iron Beam will attempt to close the remaining ...

The system is set up to only strike targets flying under one meter per second. Mosquitoes fly, on average, 1 to 1.5 ...

It’s called Iron Sting and is part of the larger Iron Beam laser defense system. Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system is well known, and it works beautifully: 90% effective.

A high-powered laser defense system has for the first time passed a test to intercept drones, missiles and other aerial threats, Israel's Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

Dr. Craig Robin, Space and Missile Defense Command senior research scientist, said a 50-kilowatt laser cannon will be placed on Strykers with a demonstration planned for 2021.

As laser technologies advance, it is therefore worth understanding how these systems work and what they are used for. Iron Beam The new defense system is officially known as “Shield of Light ...

The Defense Ministry recently disclosed the existence of two laser systems: Magen Or (Iron Beam), a high-powered 100-kilowatt laser developed jointly by Rafael and Elbit Systems, and Lahav Barzel ...

An anti-drone laser defense system will be propped up and primed to shoot down any flying drone device near the Stade de France, to protect spectators during the 2024 Paris Olympics.