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September 5, 2018

UAV laser weapons to down ballistic missiles

Military Aerospace: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Power electronics experts at two U.S. defense companies are moving forward with a project to

August 17, 2018

US targets a megawatt laser by 2023 and then deployment in drones and satellites for hypersonic and ICBM defense

Next Big Future: The US Congress wants the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to rapidly develop and demonstrate a boost-phase ICBM

July 31, 2018

US Congress Pushes Ballistic Missile Defense Program Based on Laser-Armed Drones

Sputnik News: Despite receiving a record-high $11.5 billion budget in 2018, the US Missile Defense Agency is poised to receive

June 25, 2018

Future Navy weapons will need lots of power. That’s a huge engineering challenge.

Defense News: The Navy is convinced that the next generation of ships will need to integrate lasers, electromagnetic rail guns

June 8, 2018

Russia and China perfected ‘carrier killer’ missiles for decades — here’s how the US’s new carrier can stop them

Business Insider: The US Navy’s new USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier cost $13 billion dollars and will set to

May 4, 2018

For US and China, Lasers and Missiles Heighten Military Tensions

The New York Times: BEIJING — Tensions between the United States and China flared on two military fronts as Washington

May 4, 2018

US Navy Hopes 150-Kilowatt Laser Can Replace Gatling Guns, Missiles on Ships

Sputnik International: New information shows that Lockheed Martin’s HELIOS laser weapons system may eventually replace Gatling guns and missile launchers

April 6, 2018

‘Star Wars Architect’ Reveals Means to Destroy Russia’s New Superweapons

Sputnik International: Announced by then-US President Ronald Reagan in 1983, SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) stipulated the deployment of space-based systems

March 1, 2018

‘Drop It on Their Heads’: StratCom’s Launch-Phase Missile Defense Plan

Military.com: The nation needs directed-energy weapons — lasers, particle beams, microwaves — to take out enemy ballistic missiles on launch,

March 1, 2018

Soldiers in Europe are now using lasers to shoot down drones

Military Times: For decades, the Defense Department has put money and manpower behind putting directed energy — or laser —