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Can Lasers Be Used To Intercept Hypersonic Weapons? In the past three decades, significant advancements have been made in intercepting and destroying incoming ballistic...
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Can Lasers Be Used To Intercept Hypersonic Weapons? In the past three decades, significant advancements have been made in intercepting and destroying incoming ballistic...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s futuristic electromagnetic railgun was an ambitious attempt to revolutionize naval warfare, firing projectiles at speeds up to...
Key Points and Summary: Japan has successfully tested a railgun aboard a naval ship, surpassing the US Navy’s $500 million, decade-long unsuccessful effort. Railguns...
We’ve been hearing about directed energy weapons seemingly forever. And it has always been “in just a few more years … yada, yada.” Well,...
The United States Navy continues to take rapid steps to improve its at-sea ballistic missile defense system, an integrated combination of radar, command and...
Key Points and Summary: As hypersonic missiles redefine the battlefield with speeds exceeding Mach 5, laser-based defenses are emerging as a potential countermeasure. -Lasers,...
Key Points: Hypersonic weapons, capable of exceeding Mach 5, pose a significant challenge to current defenses by outrunning traditional tracking systems. However, advanced countermeasures...
This U.S. Army debuted some new tech this autumn, as the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (4-60th Battalion) received the Directed Energy...
Railguns have been discussed for decades now in various military and defense circles. But why don’t they ever get built and deployed? The Future...
How soon will F-35, F-22, and F-15 attack enemies with mounted laser weapons?