A new Russian laser weapon designed to instantly obliterate targets entered military service over the weekend, the Russian defense ministry revealed. Russia's Peresvet laser system, named after ...

"Peresvet laser systems ... Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested county fellows choose names for a laser weapon, an underwater nuclear-powered drone and a nuclear-powered cruise missile.

"The primary mission of Peresvet is to obscure the maneuvering ... announcing last year that it began testing its DragonFire, a laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) capable of engaging targets ...

Laser systems Peresvet and aviation complexes armed with ... Research and development is continuing for the cutting-edge weapon systems that were mentioned in last year’s message, he remarked.