The Department of War expanding use of “directed energy weapons.” America, China, and Russia are all developing direct energy weapons.

The directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal ...

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 ...

According to Rheinmetall, the German Navy’s directed energy weapon can engage a wide range of targets, including guided missiles, rockets, and drone swarms. The German Navy is getting closer to having ...

AIDC displayed its new high-energy directed energy laser weapon at TADTE 2025. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal) Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has unveiled a new ‘high-energy' ...

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 ...