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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has reached a major ...

Video released by the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) has shown the capabilities of a laser system that can zap drones which will be fitted on a British navy vessel within the next two years. The U.K.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that the high‑power laser system DragonFire successfully shot down drones travelling at speeds up to 403 miles per hour (650 km/h) during recent trials ...

The UK Ministry of Defence tests a new high-powered directed-energy laser weapon system at its MoD Hebrides Range. Credit: MBDA. The UK has performed a successful demonstration of a high-powered, ...

A new high-tech laser weapon developed by the UK that is capable of shooting down enemy drones and missiles could be sent to Ukraine. The weapon, dubbed DragonFire, was originally slated for ...

Summary: The Royal Navy is set to revolutionize its warship armament by equipping them with the DragonFire laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) by 2027. This initiative, propelled by over £100 million ...

The DragonFire laser systems are expected to be installed on two Type 45 destroyers by 2027, although their effectiveness under combat conditions is still unclear. The rush to service could see the ...

The UK military has developed a laser weapon that could support the country's Armed Forces with greater accuracy while reducing the reliance on high-cost ammunition has reached its next milestone.

In January the DragonFire LDEW was fired against a live aerial Banshee drone target. Credit: Dstl The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), an arm of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), ...

The DragonFire MDC programme has grown out of the DragonFire LDEW capability demonstrator (pictured). This has de-risked and demonstrated key technologies, including coherent beam combining. (Richard ...