What are the new destructive DragonFire lasers which will be fitted to four Royal Navy destroyers?
Ferocious lasers are set to be fitted to four Royal Navy warships as the government intends to invest in new technologies.
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A Navy Destroyer Has Been Armed with the HELIOS Laser
Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. While only a few of ...
The UK plans to put its DragonFire laser weapon on 4 of its warships
The UK is moving forward with plans to deploy its new DragonFire laser weapon on warships. Lasers could offer a cheap defense ...
U.S. shipbuilder to develop anti-drone laser weapon for Army
U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries announced this week that it will develop a new high-energy laser weapon for ...
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Ukraine claims to have fielded a drone-killing laser weapon
(Chris McGrath/Getty Images) THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ukraine claims to be one of the first countries to have successfully developed a laser anti-aircraft weapon, according to a high-ranking ...
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Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship
The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealthy destroyers.
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Foreign media hype of alleged Chinese laser-armed warship undue: expert
In late 2024, the US Navy tested the HELIOS laser weapon system with the USS Preble destroyer against a threat-representative cruise missile, Naval News reported on February 4. Fu Qianshao ...
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DDG(X)
The latest renderings depicting the U.S. Navy’s next-generation destroyer are missing some weapon systems initially ... Navy surface ships in the future. Laser ballistic missile defense systems ...