Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Japan has begun sea trials of a 100-kilowatt-class laser weapon intended to counter drones by burning or disabling targets without missiles or gunfire. The...
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Japan has begun sea trials of a 100-kilowatt-class laser weapon intended to counter drones by burning or disabling targets without missiles or gunfire. The...
Key Points and Summary – The Navy’s DDG(X) is being designed for a Pacific war defined by missiles, drones, and lasers. -Larger than today’s...
One cannot discuss the future of warfare without mentioning hypersonic weapons. There is an arms race among the United States, China, and Russia to...
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: 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...