The laser weapons race enters its industrial era

Countries around the world are rapidly deploying laser weapons for air defense and counter-drone operations. The real ...
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Why Lasers And Microwave Weapons Are Next-Generation Drone Killers

The LOCUST Laser Weapon System, a 20-kilowatt counter-drone weapon, conducts tests at the Military Institute of Armament Technology in Zielonka, Poland in February 2026. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via ...

The U.S. Navy Rebooted a ‘Lethal’ Laser Weapon—And It Can Decimate Drone Swarms

The U.S. Navy recently rebooted the SSL-TM, a 150-kilowatt laser weapon aboard the USS Portland. This returned effort could ...
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Navy revives its lone 150 kW laser weapon after months of work

The U.S. Navy has brought its only 150 kW high-energy laser weapon back online after months of engineering work, a development that signals renewed momentum for directed-energy defense programs ...
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Trump-class warships will fast-track deadly laser weapons across the US Navy

The U.S. Navy’s push to mount high‑energy laser weapons on surface ships is no longer a distant concept but a contract‑backed effort moving through formal acquisition channels. Rather than being tied ...