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The U.S. Navy has developed a directed-energy weapon that can intercept unmanned drones and possibly cruise missiles while ...

The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed ...

The news comes after a U.S. destroyer, which has a high-energy laser weapon, deployed to Japan in October 2024.

Combining a high-energy laser with an optical dazzler, HELIOS can both destroy and disable threats, as well as disrupt enemy ...

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In 2014, the US Navy installed its first prototype SSL (solid state laser) capable of countering surface craft and unmanned ...

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