In a newly declassified video, the UK's £100 million (US$127 million) DragonFire laser weapon can be seen going through its paces as it blasted test bench and field targets, including drones and ...

The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has reached a major milestone in its testing of a military laser that can strike any visible aerial and sea targets. Development of directed energy ...

The DragonFire directed energy weapon (DEW) system fired more than 300 shots in a recent test, “proving [its] consistency and reliability” according to the UK Minister for Defence Procurement and ...

The U.K. military has successfully tested a high-power laser weapon designed to knock drones out of the sky. The laser weapon, dubbed "DragonFire," passed its first field test by shooting down several ...

The DragonFire laser directed-energy weapon achieved the U.K.’s first high-power firing of the weapon type against an aerial target. (Photo provided/British Defence Ministry) LONDON — An industry team ...

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 ...

The UK’s Ministry of Defense has committed to accelerating DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) into operational capability by 2027. In the real world, the Royal Navy is looking to ...

The UK military has developed a laser weapon that could support the country’s Armed Forces with greater accuracy while reducing the reliance on high-cost ammunition has reached its next milestone.