Artist rendering of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser. (Lockheed Martin) Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons ...

The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, deployed on a US naval ship, downed several drones last week. Here’s what you need to know about the game-changing technology.

Smoke rose from a drone after it was shot down by a 50-kW laser mounted on a U.S. Army Stryker vehicle. Credit: U.S. Army High-energy lasers are having a long-overdue moment. Two incidents in late ...

Militaries explore directed-energy weapons to counter Iran-style drone and missile attacks High-energy lasers are increasingly being viewed as a potential game-changer in defending oil facilities, ...

As conflict escalates following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory strikes, reports have emerged that Israel may have used laser weapons to shoot down rockets fired ...

Shopping for a printer largely boils down to choosing between inkjet and laser. Both put text and images onto paper, which seems straightforward enough, but they differ in how they do it. Which you ...

The headlines lately have verged on science fiction. A few weeks ago, my colleague Simon Shuster reported that the Ukrainian military had unveiled a new anti-drone laser weapon called the Sunray. On ...

There are plenty of ways to remove unwanted body hair: shave, wax, epilate. But if you’re looking for a more permanent result, laser hair removal is the way to go. The only downside? In-office ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...

The engine in your car, truck, or SUV can run on either copper, platinum, or iridium spark plugs. You probably heard the hype around iridium plugs and how they manage to deliver solid sparks while ...

If you’re looking to add a printer to your home office or business space, odds are you’re considering one of two printer types, a laser versus an inkjet printer. The former, like the affordable ...

The directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal ...