Here’s a DIY laser rifle which can explode a balloon at around 150 feet (45 meters) as well as some angry chemicals at a similar distance. Since there are plenty of videos of lasers doing that ...

An effort led by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) used AI to make laser weapons better able to target ... finesse when it comes to identifying and firing on targets. Essentially, the problem ...

Comparing with traditional defensive ship-based artillery such as surface-to-air missiles, this type of weapon could be ...

A laser weapon firing a continuous beam. Doesn't require ammunition, but will need heat sink replaced if it overheats. What the LAS-98 Laser Cannon lacks in heavy-hitting firepower, it makes up ...

Under debate are options including hitting the asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, with a nuclear weapon ... out of existence, the laser would evaporate its surface, altering the asteroid’s trajectory.

“the U.S. Navy has not released any videos of High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system demonstration on USS Preble (DDG 88).” The weapon is still ...

After that I grab the handheld gun and I get to work ... So everything above the metal surface will actually absorb the light of the laser-cleaning machine. Once it touches anything above the ...

The tests are aimed at the "development and evaluation of directed energy weapons," according to the report. Lockheed Martin delivered the 60-kilowatt laser to the Navy in August 2022, making it ...