New Pentagon FY2027 budget documents reveal the Joint Laser Weapon System, a containerized 300kW+ laser weapon designed to ...

The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise ...

The U.S. military developed extreme weapons systems including nuclear bombs like the B83 thermonuclear weapon (1.2 megatons), the W88 warhead (475 kilotons), and experimental systems like Project ...

The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first high-energy tactical laser weapon to be fully integrated and cleared for operations ...

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Lockheed Martin and Raytheon-developed systems including the F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft, Tomahawk cruise missile, and Patriot air defense system fundamentally changed modern warfare by enabling ...

Class of 2026 Cadets Boston Graf, Maksymilian Olszowka and Elizabeth “Ezra” Bardales labored on a capstone project, a ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

The LOCUST Laser Weapon System, a 20-kilowatt counter-drone weapon, conducts tests at the Military Institute of Armament Technology in Zielonka, Poland in February 2026. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via ...

The Pentagon is advancing its Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS), a containerized high-energy laser designed to counter cruise missiles under the 'Golden Dome' missile defense initiative. The Navy and ...

Editor's note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. The U.S. Navy spent at least six months ...