Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, installing a massive high-energy laser on a dedicated test ship and ...

If you look closely at the rear deck of the JS Asuka, you’ll spot something new. That innocent-looking dome looks like a GPS ...

Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...

US President Donald Trump unveils plan for a Trump-class battleship as part of a sweeping push to modernize the US Navy and ...

Japan has deployed a system that fires laser beams with 100 kilowatts of energy — powerful enough to disable small drones. It was installed on board a 6,200-ton (6.3 million kg) warship.

The high-power laser weapon is installed on the 6,200-ton test ship JS Asuka and will undergo sea trials in real maritime ...

We’ve been keeping a close, close eye on the U.S. Navy’s Laser Weapons System since it first appeared, and the more we heard about it, the more we were impressed. This summer, one lucky ship will be ...

July 27, 2025: Red Sea combat lessons learning occurred during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Israel used an experimental laser defense system called Iron Beam against the terrorists' drones.

Britain will start equipping its warships with Europe's first laser weapon in 2027, boosting their capacity to shoot down enemy drones at a cheaper cost. The U.K. Ministry of Defence said Monday that ...

Later this year, the U.S. Navy is sending laser weapons to war. The Navy will soon be introducing a paradigm-changing weapons system that will allow warships to incinerate enemy drones,... Here’s What ...

Following the successful completion of a one-year trial phase at sea, defense contractors Rheinmetall and MBDA, in Germany, have transferred a laser demonstrator for the German Navy to the Laser ...