Canadian defense technology firm KWESST Micro Systems has secured a prototype order for its latest Battlefield Laser ...

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Israel on Wednesday announced that it used a lower-powered version of its laser defence system Iron Beam for the first time last year, intercepting dozens of aerial targets, including unmanned ...

Chinese Silent Hunter laser system. Photo from open sources. Silent Hunter is claimed to be capable of destroying drones at distances up to 1.5 kilometers and blinding optical systems at ranges of up ...

Israel's military is the first to use laser weapons to shoot down drones in war. The systems were prototypes and are being integrated into the country's air defenses.

The Israeli army has said it carried out 40 laser interceptions, mainly of Hizbullah drones, between late 2023 and November's ceasefire. Photograph: AFP/Getty . Mark Weiss in Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM — Israel revealed that its military has used prototype laser air defenses to shoot down a number of threats during the course of the multi-front war that the country has been engaged ...

Even the use of laser weapons in combat isn't entirely new. The first laser weapons were deployed by the Royal Navy during the Falklands War in 1982, though these were what is known as dazzler lasers.