Also under development for the US Navy, the Mk 38 Mod 2 Machine Gun System with Tactical Laser System soups up a gun already deployed worldwide with a solid-state, high energy laser weapon.

The U.S. military is now one step closer to having a laser gun that can shoot down enemy drones in the blink of an eye. Boeing recently announced that its mobile laser weapon, dubbed the High ...

DE M-SHORAD—the first Army ground laser weapon—is an outgrowth of this effort. The service plans to mount the laser weapons on Stryker infantry armored vehicles sometime in fiscal year 2022 ...

The military envisions a future of laser warfare -- ultra-precise weapons based on devastatingly powerful beams of light. It's only a matter of time until the U.S. Army fights terrorists and other ...

Military With photos and video, Navy shows how its new laser gun works at sea. ... The service already is planning larger laser guns of between 100 and 150 kilowatts, Klunder said.

The U.S. Air Force has tried to turn a Boeing 747 into an airborne laser. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The U.S. military really wants a laser gun, and the Department of Defense is spending hand over ...

Huge news for real-life ray guns: Electric lasers have hit battlefield strength for the first time — paving the way for energy weapons to go to war. In recent test-blasts, Pentagon-researchers ...

The real advanatge of a laser weapon system isn’t style though; it’s cost. Rather the lack thereof. While missles can cost thousands of dollars, a laser shot can be as cheap as $1, according ...

The rail gun, which can hit ranges of 100 miles or more, uses electricity stored on the ship to generate a high-speed electromagnetic pulse sufficient to propel a kinetic energy warhead.

Laser Guns. China’s military are now using laser guns—not the kind that Stormtroopers are armed with in Star Wars, as you might be thinking, but equally dangerous nonetheless.

Technology Military Chinese Soldiers Have Laser Guns. Be careful, you'll burn someone's eyes out. By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer. Published Jan 7, 2016 7:14 PM EST ...

Boeing's High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD). The U.S. military is now one step closer to having a laser gun that can shoot down enemy drones in the blink of an eye. Boeing recently ...