Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...

Britain’s DragonFire laser weapon has shot down high-speed drones in new trials, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) said Wednesday, as the government awarded a £316 million contract to MBDA to deliver the ...

The weapon is different to traditional artillery that needs to stop and set up before firing, meaning it is harder for ...

The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m contract for its deployment on a Type 45 destroyer by 2027 was awarded. The ...

The UK's MOD said it test-fired a laser weapon that can track multiple targets and costs just $0.12 a shot, as nations look at ways to combat drones.

The Royal Air Force is buying 12 F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The British military is expanding its nuclear strike capabilities by purchasing F-35 ...

The UK has unveiled an energy weapon under development that it says could take out a swarm of drones for well under a dollar a shot.

Eighty years ago, the firebombings of Dresden and Tokyo demonstrated the horrors of incendiary weapons. These UK and US airstrikes near the end of the Second World War blanketed large cities with ...

The US began removing its nuclear weapons from Britain around 2007, ending a “contentious presence spanning more than half a ...