Aerospace & Defense
At a Beijing defense electronics show in September, China’s AVIC displayed an 838-pound laser tracking-and-aiming system for combat aircraft, believed to put out hundreds...
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At a Beijing defense electronics show in September, China’s AVIC displayed an 838-pound laser tracking-and-aiming system for combat aircraft, believed to put out hundreds...
China mounted a railgun on the landing ship Haiyangshan in 2018 and never took it off. Its researchers claim Mach 6, 100 to 200...
An Arleigh Burke carries 90 to 96 missiles, and the Navy fires seven-figure interceptors at quadcopters. The 30-kilowatt LaWS on USS Ponce proved lasers...
When a helicopter's missile warning system detects a launch, CIRCM tracks the incoming missile and hits its seeker with a precision-pointed laser, which Army...
An Arleigh Burke-class destroyer carries roughly 90 to 96 missiles in its vertical launch cells, and when they are gone it has to withdraw...
The story racing around the internet says the Pentagon just launched a $627 million laser program. The reality is bigger and more interesting. On...
The U.S. Navy declared its electromagnetic railgun dead in 2021, beaten by barrel wear and impossible power demands. But in 2026 it's back —...
German authorities have launched a criminal investigation after three US Air Force F-16 pilots were targeted by high-powered lasers. The incidents occurred on December...
Ukraine’s Celebra Tech has developed an AI-powered anti-drone laser system called Trident. It reportedly burns a hole through a Russian Shahed drone from more...
Summary and Key Points: After Red Sea combat against Houthi missiles and drones, the U.S. Navy’s core lesson is that interceptor defense works—but it...