Drones turned battlefields into networks of cheap flying sensors and precision weapons, forcing armies to rethink everything from armor to air defense. Now two emerging systems, high-energy lasers and ...

The DragonFire lasers will soon be installed on the U.K.’s Type 45 destroyers, bringing the country closer to the advanced ...

An arms maker said Europe is showing interest in its mini-computer system that turns guns into drone-killers. Since 2022, at least 10 countries have either acquired this tech or are actively ...

The Hurricane 3000 anti-drone system is apparently unique in that it can shoot down swarms of drones at once—a major advance ...

“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein,” 1818. “War is chaos. It always has been. But technology makes it ...

December 28, 2025: While Russia was an early user of Iranian Shaheed drones against Ukraine, the Ukrainians developed more drone innovations and out-produced the Russians, until now. After more than a ...

As the war grinds on, sophisticated Russian defenses have pushed Ukraine to develop a frightening new weapon: semiautonomous killing machines. By C.J. Chivers This story was reported over the course ...

European militaries are showing growing interest in a technology that turns standard service rifles into last-resort drone killers, an Israeli weapons maker says, as countries look for cheaper ways to ...

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