A truck-fired 50 kW laser weapon — an upgrade of the lumbering HEL-MTT — will be test fired in 2018. A 100 kW weapon on a more mobile vehicle — perhaps an 8×8 Stryker or tracked Bradley — will be test ...

Japan plans to test its rail gun, which uses electricity to fire projectiles, aiming to enhance its defense against Chinese and North Korean hypersonic missiles, according to local media. The ...

Laser beams, robodogs and drone-zapping microwaves, these are the types of weapons that could be deployed on battlefields in the not too distant future. Some are already here. The threat of a wider ...

Laser beams, robodogs and drone-zapping microwaves - these are the types of weapons that could be deployed on battlefields in the not too distant future. Some are already here. The threat of a wider ...

Iran’s Shahed drones are being torn apart in midair, but not by traditional missiles alone. A futuristic U.S. laser weapon is ...