US president orders work on defence shield going beyond Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ programme that could trigger nuclear arms ...
The U.S. Navy has developed a directed-energy weapon that can intercept unmanned drones and possibly cruise missiles while ...
Combining a high-energy laser with an optical dazzler, HELIOS can both destroy and disable threats, as well as disrupt enemy ...
The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed ...
China has unveiled a terrifying new weapon that could obliterate satellites with a Star Wars-style mega-beam. The ...
In 2014, the US Navy installed its first prototype SSL (solid state laser) capable of countering surface craft and unmanned ...
The X-shaped building in southwestern China could help China pull ahead in the race to master a futuristic clean energy ...
The only way to eliminate the threat of nuclear-armed missiles is to negotiate their elimination—not pretend some magic ...
Protecting the U.S. would require novel solutions, like orbiting missile interceptors that can destroy incoming attacks.