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Boeing’s 5-kilowatt laser weapon takes down heavy drones in landmark CLWS test
Boeing’s laser system took down bigger Group 3 drones in a joint US-Saudi exercise, proving it can stop advanced threats. The ...
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UK and US militaries advance mobile directed energy weapon systems
The UK army successfully held a demonstration during the same month using a system created by defence firm Thales and ...
Image captures US Navy testing its new laser weapon: What to know about HELIOS
The undated image shows the U.S. Navy testing a weapon system known as HELIOS from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of ...
USA Today23d
Did this military plane cause LA fires? No, it was dismantled in 2014 | Fact check
The prototype airborne laser aircraft, later christened the YAL-1, featured the weapon in the nose of a Boeing 747. The laser was intended to shoot down missiles shortly after launch. The program ...
Wall Street Journal7mon
The U.S. Military's Missile-Killing Laser Aircraft
The YAL-1A is a converted Boeing 747 created by the Missile Defense Agency and outfitted with a chemical oxygen iodine laser. WSJ's Nathan Hodge reports.
New York Post9d
US Navy fires its high-powered laser weapon that could obliterate warships and drones, incredible photo shows
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 ...
Yahoo8d
Image captures US Navy testing its new laser weapon: What to know about HELIOS
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 ...