Following the first sighting of the new capability in December 2025, a Ukrainian F-16 was captured using APKWS II laser-guided rockets to engage a drone.

As the United States moves toward possible military conflict with Iran, the White House and the Pentagon have been boasting about an exotic arsenal of directed-energy weapons that could signal a new ...

The LGM-35A ICBM program had its Milestone B status revoked during a Nunn-McCurdy review, but a new decision is expected by the end of 2026.

The FAA imposed a surprise flight ban over El Paso earlier this week amid disagreements within the U.S. government over the use of a high-energy laser against drones at the border.

Sources say an Army antidrone laser near Fort Bliss prompted a brief FAA airspace closure—spotlighting the hazards of battlefield technology in civilian skies ...

Fort Bliss sits on the edge of El Paso. While it’s a large post, and it has a very isolated desert training area, it borders a large city with hospitals, businesses, highways, civilian neighborhoods, ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant ...

The high-energy laser used to shoot down what ended up being a party balloon at the southern border, leading to the closure ...

After years of putting off the drone threat, the U.S. government is trying to do something about it, but policy is struggling ...

Directed energy weapons may sound like science fiction, but systems like lasers and microwave beams are very much becoming a reality to counter threats like drones on the battlefield and beyond.

U.S. forces deployed an anti-drone laser weapon close to El Paso airport in Texas earlier this week, according to new reports ...

Israeli and US defence agencies have completed a series of successful tests on the David's Sling air and missile defence ...