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Trump-class warships to fast-track powerful laser weapons rollout across US Navy

The US Navy’s chief has fully supported directed energy weapons (DE), declaring that the ...

Airspace Closure Over Laser Weapon Use A Glaring Example Of Drone Defense Policy Struggles

After years of putting off the drone threat, the U.S. government is trying to do something about it, but policy is struggling ...
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Counter-drone technologies are evolving—but there's no surefire way to defend against drone attacks

When the Federal Aviation Administration closed the airport in El Paso, Texas, and the airspace around it on Feb. 10, 2026, ...
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Skeptic of 'Havana syndrome' probes microwave weapon in self-test

A Norwegian government scientist set out to debunk the theory that directed-energy weapons could cause the mysterious cluster ...
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Anti-drone weapons in development for years in Borderland by military, contractors

Directed energy weapons may sound like science fiction, but systems like lasers and microwave beams are very much becoming a ...
Task & Purpose

Lockheed’s newest high-energy weapon is multiple lasers in one

This article originally appeared in Popular Science. On Sept. 15, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it had delivered a 300-kw laser to the Department of Defense. Developed for a program ...
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Army Stryker Destroys Drone Target With 50-Kilowatt Laser

It’s a first for the US Army’s laser weapons. At Fort Sill, Okla., the Army conducted a live-fire exercise with the Directed Energy Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD). The weapon ...
The Montana Standard

Military embrace of 'non-lethal' energy weapons sparks debate

A few months from now, Peter Anthony Schlesinger hopes to zap a laser beam at a couple of chickens or other animals in a cage a few dozen yards away. If all goes as planned, the chickens will be ...

Norwegian scientist testing microwave weapon on himself reports Havana syndrome-like symptoms

A secret experiment meant to debunk fears about pulsed-energy weapons instead left the researcher with neurological effects similar to those reported by US diplomats and intelligence officers.