If 2020 will go down in history as the year of the great Covid-19 pandemic, it will also be, concerning Defense technologies, a pivotal year marking the transition between the vision ...
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French armies prepare to test their first laser weapons from the Orleans-based SME CILAS
In the ongoing battle in Idlib, Syria, Turkish forces appear to impose an unprecedented operational tempo and relentless operational superiority largely related to the use ...
Read the articleThe less revolutionary Israeli drone dome laser device than it seems
At the beginning of January, the Israeli military authorities published a video on social networks showing an anti-aircraft and anti-missile protection device based on laser energy which foreshadowed a ...
Read the articleLaser is the ultimate CIWS for US forces
It is rare to see the three American armies collaborating in technological development. Yet this is what is happening today in order to develop a defense system ...
Read the articleAcceleration of US Army M-SHORAD Laser programs
Like the US Air Force and the US Navy, the US Army has invested heavily in short-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense systems using laser weapons. After…
Read the articleThe US Air Force wants to prepare its officers for the imminent arrival of directed energy weapons
For the US Air Force, the entry into service of directed energy weapons, such as lasers or electromagnetic weapons (Rail Gun), will profoundly change the paradigms of air warfare, and ...
Read the articleA video presenting the tests of a 10 kW anti-drone laser questions the effectiveness of the technology
A video by the American Raytheon published on the occasion of the Paris Air Show 2019 shows the performance of an anti-drone system using a 10Kw laser weapon against, among other things, drones ...
Read the articleUS Army wants to quickly deploy laser weapons on its Stryker armored vehicles
According to Bruce Jette, in charge of acquisitions for the US Army, the US Army plans in the near future to acquire a laser weapon system of 10 kWh and more, intended to equip…
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