Combining a high-energy laser with an optical dazzler, HELIOS can both destroy and disable threats, as well as disrupt enemy ...

Scientists are debating multiple options to deal with an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Under ...

SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth. It comes after an expert warned that the chance of the giant space ...

The X-shaped building in southwestern China could help China pull ahead in the race to master a futuristic clean energy ...

US president orders work on defence shield going beyond Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ programme that could trigger nuclear arms ...

The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed ...

A videoshared on X claims to show the USS Preble firing a laser weapon. Verdict: Misleading The video is artificial ...

The U.S. Navy has developed a directed-energy weapon that can intercept unmanned drones and possibly cruise missiles while ...

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships. The photo ...

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed Helios — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for ...

In 2014, the US Navy installed its first prototype SSL (solid state laser) capable of countering surface craft and unmanned ...