A guided-missile destroyer at sea doesn’t need a missile to show it is ready. In a Navy-run drill, a bright beam came off the ...

Israel, the US, and other countries have worked on this technology. However, recent advances in technology have enabled ...

Details of the event were kept secret for a long time.

It wouldn’t be the first time Israel has used its cutting-edge Iron Beam laser air defence system, but the incident offers a ...

Futuristic laser weapons are now deployed with some militaries and are being demonstrated by Ukrainian startups. Industry ...

Israel used the Iron Beam laser defence system for the first time to intercept Hezbollah rockets, calling it a historic ...

Israel reportedly deploys Iron Beam laser defence system to intercept Hezbollah rockets amid regional escalation. Here’s how ...

The fire control system for Lite Beam uses an electro-optical sensor to detect, identify and target hostile objects. The Lite Beam fire control is being used by other Israeli laser weapons, including ...

Israel used its Iron Beam laser defence system in combat for the first time to intercept Hezbollah rockets mid-air, marking a significant shift in regional warfare following escalating tensions after ...

Directed-energy weapons are often sold as systems that can fire forever. In practice, dwell time, heat, and the chaos of the battlefield impose strict limits on how many threats they can actually stop ...

A screengrab from an Israeli Defense Ministry video showing Iron Beam during tests in 2022. According to an unconfirmed report, Israel’s Iron Beam laser system shot down a rocket fired from Gaza ...

Fire control systems for quickly, accurately and repeatedly aiming a laser have already been developed. The main problem is obtaining effective burn (laser beam-created heat) at longer ranges to do ...