A laser weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon that uses lasers to inflict damage. Laser weapons are of two types: low-power laser dazzlers that blind optical systems or human eyes, and high-power
The US-Israeli Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) was used to shoot down rockets and artillery shells before being canceled in 2005 as a result of "its bulkiness, high costs and poor anticipated results on the battlefield".
The YAL-1, a modified Boeing 747, owned by USAF. It was canceled in December 2011 and scrapped in September 2014.
The Beriev A-60 is still experimenting with the Sokol Eshelon laser as an intended anti-satellite weapon.
A directed-energy weapon is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams. Potential appl
Laser weapon
…A laser weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon (DEW) that uses lasers to inflict damage. Laser weapons are of two types: low-power laser dazzlers that blind optical systems or human eyes, and…
Police car equipped with an LRAD-500X sonic weapon (Warsaw, Poland, 2011)
A Viettel V-EMP/S land-based microwave weapon, being marketed as a high-powered drone countermeasure.
A Pischal-Pro anti-drone rifle, featured at the Dubai Airshow, 2019
Members of the Directed Energy and Electric Weapon Systems Program Office of the US Navy, fire a laser through a beam director on a Kineto Tracking Mount, controlled by a MK-15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System