JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (Tribune News Service) — A new photo from the United States military shows the successful use of a laser ...

A handout file picture from the US Navy showing the USS ... Preble destroyer in the middle of the ocean. The specific location of the Preble's test remains unclear. Preble had moved its homeport ...

Lockheed Martin developed the HELIOS system that might be added to Japan-based U.S. Navy destroyers to counter Chinese military drones deployed in the East China Sea. The USS Preble recently was ...

Lockheed Martin developed the HELIOS system that might be added to Japan-based U.S. Navy destroyers to counter Chinese military drones deployed in the East China Sea. The USS Preble recently was ...

It captured the warfighting laser technology being fired from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle ... Turkey, Germany and Japan have also developed laser weapons. Last year, South Korea ...

The USS Preble, a U.S. Navy destroyer stationed in Japan, has successfully tested its HELIOS laser weapon system by engaging a drone in the Western Pacific. This event signifies a pivotal advancement ...

CCM collected imagery of the engagements to support the evaluation of system performance.” The USS Preble was forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, on October 12, 2024, joining the US Seventh Fleet to ...

The test took place at an undisclosed location, but the USS Preble had moved from San Diego to Japan in September 2024. While HELIOS has a maximum effective range of 8 km, the performance of the ...

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group will carry out the week-long French-hosted exercise Pacific Steller with the French CSG ...

The undated image shows the U.S. Navy testing a weapon system known as HELIOS from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of the ocean. The demo was “to verify and validate the functionality ...