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The US Army has conducted a combined live-fire exercise at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, integrating high-energy laser systems with ...
The HELIOS system has been in development since 2018, and in fiscal year 2024, it was used to shoot target drones. If you're wondering why the Navy would dump the tried and true methods of hitting ...
These inexpensive air defense weapons were responsible for roughly 40% of drone kills during the high-tempo operation against ...
The Iron Dome has a success rate of about 90 percent against incoming rockets. Iron Beam will attempt to close the remaining ...
The United Kingdom has also been developing its own laser-based defense system. Last year, the U.K. successfully tested its own high-powered laser weapon , DragonFire, against aerial targets.
South Korea is preparing to launch a laser-based defense system that will more easily destroy drones flying in from the North. The "Block-I" program, also referred to as "StarWars" hopes to make ...
The Iron Beam is the most advanced, operational laser in the world, though England, the US, and others have relatively advanced lasers.
Will the Golden Dome missile defense system proposed by President Donald Trump protect the US from missile strikes?
Although Raytheon in the US, as well as the UK, Russia, China, Germany, and Japan, are all at various stages of developing laser defense systems, Rafael said it is the only company that has moved ...
President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome. How exactly does it work?
An explainer on how Israel’s air-defense system responded to Iranian missile strikes on Tel Aviv. The article details the success rates and limitations of the Iron Dome, Arrow, David’s Sling, and the ...
The United States helped finance Israel’s development of Iron Beam, and—like the Israeli "Trophy" tank defense system being used on Abrams tanks by the U.S. Army—its success is another ...