This Defense Intelligence Agency concept art from 1986 shows a laser designed to interfere with satellites. Laser war is already here, and it might be so annoying it turns fatal. I am speaking not ...

After two high-profile incidents, the U.S. Defense Department and Federal Aviation Administration are planning a joint test of a laser system this weekend designed to shoot down drones, according to a ...

Laser weapons small enough to fit aboard fighter jets could begin ground-based firing tests aimed at shooting down threats to U.S. military warplanes in 2014. The 150-kilowatt lasers would represent a ...

A DARPA illustration depicts HELLADS in action. The Pentagon’s pursuit of high-energy laser weapons is taking another step forward, with the decision to move the High-Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense ...