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Jun 18, 2024
Missile Defense News

Missile Defense Agency has new hope for airborne lasers

Breaking Defense Airborne lasers are back in the sights of the Missile Defense Agency — a decade after the first attempt to…

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Apr 12, 2024
Air Defense News

Powerful laser to be installed on Royal Navy warship by 2027

Royal Navy The cutting-edge DragonFire laser will be installed on a warship in 2027, adding to the Royal Navy’s potent…

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Apr 1, 2024
Missile Defense News

Navy’s Rush To Test Microwave Weapons Tied To Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Fears

The War Zone The U.S. Navy hopes to have a prototype high-power microwave directed energy weapon ready for shipboard testing…

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Mar 28, 2024
Missile Defense News

Navy to Test Microwave Anti-Drone Weapon at Sea in 2026 

USNI News The U.S. Navy plans to mount a high-powered microwave prototype system on one of its vessels as early…

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Mar 26, 2024
Air Defense News

Australian military buys $5m laser-based anti-drone system

The Guardian The Australian defence force has bought a $5m laser-based counter-drone system. It acquired the Fractl:2 system, which its…

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Mar 13, 2024
Air Defense News

Army Accelerates Lasers For Air & Missile Defense

Warrior Maven In the context of escalating worldwide tensions and the swift progression of missile and air threats from major…

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Mar 13, 2024
Air Defense News

Watch Declassified Video Of The UK’s DragonFire Laser Zapping An Aerial Target

IFL Science The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has recently been showing off its latest laser directed energy weapon (LDEW)…

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Feb 22, 2024
Air Defense News

The US Navy wants rechargeable magazines for lasers to take out drones

Business Insider The recent attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea have highlighted a problem: launching a $2 million…

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Feb 13, 2024
Air Defense News

High-Tech US Air Defense System Makes Combat Debut, Cold War Rockets Get New Life vs. Iran Drones

Kyiv Post A high-tech US-made laser-guided air defense system designed as an economical way to blast massed kamikaze drones out of the sky, and…

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Jan 30, 2024
Missile Defense News

American Microwave Weapon Can Shoot Down Targets at the Speed of Light

autoevolution The vast majority of interceptors are kinetic-based as well. A defending force will shoot a projectile at an incoming…

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