China is putting directed energy at the center of its air defense strategy, unveiling a truck-mounted microwave system that it says can disable or destroy hostile drones from roughly 2 miles away.

Amid waves of Iranian drone attacks, the U.S. Defense Department is pushing to finally field high-energy laser weapons in the ...

Military planners spent years treating high-energy lasers as a science project. In 2025, that changed, as directed-energy systems moved from test ranges into real air defense networks and forced ...

China claims its new microwave weapon is more powerful than its US equivalent and capable of shooting down drone swarms from 3km away. The announcement comes at a time of reputational damage for ...

China seems to have outpaced the United States and its allies in the development of directed energy weapons—as seen by its recent exports to the Middle East. China refuses to slow its attempts to ...

The ongoing war in Ukraine has changed the face of battlefields forever. The widespread use of drones has left traditional air defenses floundering; launching missiles that cost hundreds of thousands ...

The emergence of plasma-based directed-energy weapon systems necessitates a reconceptualization of deterrence theory. Plasma ...