Australia has joined the race to field a practical high-energy laser weapon. QinetiQ Australia has been awarded AU$$12.9 million (US$8.74 million) to develop a prototype with a twist – the goal is to ...

Near the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union began experimenting with the idea of fielding a laser-equipped tank that could blind the targeting systems of inbound ballistic missiles or vehicles.

The Soviet Union developed multiple laser tank projects during the Cold War, not as fantasy weapons but as real vehicles ...

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Here’s What You Need to Remember: There are rumors the Russians are restarting their laser tank program. Near the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union began experimenting with the idea of fielding a ...

The US Army has conducted a combined live-fire exercise at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, integrating high-energy laser systems with kinetic air-defense assets. The event featured a Stryker vehicle equipped ...

According to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Pentagon spends around $1 billion per year developing directed energy weapons to counter threats such as drones and missiles. The agency ...

Why does God hate laser tanks? That’s the question (more or less) posed by DefenseTech, who is tracking down the work by ‘Ionatron Inc,’ a firm supposedly developing a system that uses lasers to carve ...