The news comes after a U.S. destroyer, which has a high-energy laser weapon, deployed to Japan in October 2024.

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 ...

Although, he cautioned, achieving a successful fusion experiment is “extremely challenging” even with a very large laser. CNN contacted China’s Ministries of National Defense and of Science ...

The offensive output of the 50-kilowatt laser gun would be comparable to the DE ... Germany, Japan and China have also developed laser weapons. Though not named by the official, the United States ...

Although, he cautioned, achieving a successful fusion experiment is “extremely challenging” even with a very large laser. CNN contacted China’s Ministries of National Defense and of Science ...

The US Navy’s HELIOS laser weapon, a cutting-edge directed energy system, has demonstrated its potential in recent tests, ...