(THE CONVERSATION) Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea, and in the air and space. Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive ...
The USS Portland test-fires a laser weapon. The photo captured infrared light to make the beam visible. Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert/Marine Corps via AP Nations around the world are rapidly developing ...
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Laser beams could power drones 5,000 ft up, researchers say
Military researchers are now proving that drones do not always need to carry their own fuel or batteries. In recent tests, ...
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Directed-energy lasers surged in 2025 and reshaped modern war plans
Military planners spent years treating high-energy lasers as a science project. In 2025, that changed, as directed-energy ...
After discussing the quirks in 3D modeling software, where a laser beam is treated as a solid object that can cast a shadow, scientists decided to experiment in real life — and found that laser beams ...
There are many different types of lasers—almost as many as there are applications for the same—but what ties them all together as a class is that they depend on the same physical effect: stimulated ...
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