The UK has showcased its new laser weapon, DragonFire. The weapon is highly accurate and cheap, the Ministry of Defence said, costing just $13 a shot. Lasers could prove an effective new form of air ...

The DragonFire laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) system has achieved the UK’s first high-power firing of a laser weapon against aerial targets during a trial at the MOD Hebrides Range. The latest ...

The UK is moving forward with plans to deploy its new DragonFire laser weapon on warships. Lasers are being deployed to combat new threats from drones. The UK said the laser can hit a small coin from ...

Forward-looking: Laser weapons have steadily progressed in recent years, with the US successfully testing an aerial defense system that is theoretically more cost-effective than using physical ...

Britain's Royal Navy ships will be fitted with the DragonFire laser weapon by 2027 – five years earlier than planned – following recent successful trials involving fast-moving drones.… The Ministry of ...

Ukraine may be set to receive prototypes of the United Kingdom's powerful "DragonFire" high-power laser weapon as it remains on the defensive more than two years into Russia's invasion. The U.K. has ...

DragonFire Laser: The future belongs to drones. Every nation is racing to master drone technology, but Britain has unveiled a weapon capable of annihilating even the fastest drones and small missiles ...

The UK military has carried out its first high-power firing of a laser against aerial targets – with the weapon using an “intense beam of light” to cut through drones. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) ...

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released declassified footage of its DragonFire laser weapon. DragonFire shoots a high-power beam at the speed of light. It’s so precise, it can fry a target the ...

DragonFire isn’t the name of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, but it is possibly powerful enough that it could shoot down the mythical beasts from the hit series House of the Dragon. It is the new ...