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'Star Wars' scientists create laser gun to kill mosquitoes
Scientists in the U.S. are developing a laser gun that could kill millions of mosquitoes in minutes. The laser, which has ...
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France has a new laser rifle that can melt electronics from 500 meters away
The laser rifle is a descendant of an earlier system, HELMA-P, which stood sentinel over the skies of Paris during the 2024 ...
ZEUS Is Officially America’s Most Powerful Laser, With 2-Petawatt Blast
The most powerful laser in the U.S. just fired up to full strength for its first official experiment—and it’s an absolute ...
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US to make lethal nuclear weapons with world’s most powerful 3-kilojoule laser
To advance nuclear weapons, the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is changing the focus of its world’s most powerful krypton-fluoride NIKE laser facility. The facility, used to support missions run ...
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France creates laser rifle that melts electronics at a distance of 500 meters
The French company CILAS has introduced the HELMA-LP laser rifle, capable of melting electronics at a distance of up to 500 ...
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The Laser Shift: Directed Energy Weapons Take Aim
DEWs offer a new approach to defence – one of the most expensive industries. For instance, the UK's DragonFire laser system ...
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China makes breakthrough advance in new ‘Death Star’ laser weapon: report
The new high-powered microwave weapon combines many small electromagnetic waves to make one large focused laser beam — much like the Death Star from “Star Wars,” which destroyed planets by ...
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Israel to Operationalize Iron Beam Laser-Based Directed Energy Weapon Within a Year
Israel's Defense Ministry on Oct. 28, 2024 declared that its under-development laser-based DEW (Directed Energy Weapon) Iron Beam would be operational within a year. The Ministry's director ...