The U.S. Navy's lone 150 kW laser weapon is back in action – sort of.

During its Pacific patrol last year, the USS Preble successfully shot down an unmanned aerial target using its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system during weapons testing. (DOT&E) The U.S. Navy ...

Finally! Watch the US Navy's Laser Weapon in Action. The newest addition to the US military arsenal: HELIOS laser weapons.[..

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the Navy, the test was conducted “to verify and validate the functionality, performance and capability” of HELIOS. It ...

Four drones had been shot down, and a long-standing promise of the Navy was made the more difficult to ignore. At-sea in 2025, the destroyer USS Preble was demonstrating its High-Energy Laser with ...

“The Navy will have to either remove something or look at ‘very aggressive power management.’” That warning, attributed to ...

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships. The photo of ...

The latest military operation against Iran has introduced a new weapon system that has the power to revolutionize warfare in the future. During Operation Epic Fury as it is called, reportedly there ...

The Iran war, now in its third week, is already proving costly: on Friday, a Trump administration official said the conflict had so far cost $12 billion (€10.4bn), or just under $1 billion a day. Iran ...