Here’s a DIY laser rifle which can explode a balloon at around 150 feet (45 meters) as well as some angry chemicals at a similar distance. Since there are plenty of videos of lasers doing that at ...

An Apache helicopter just successfully honed in on and hit an unmanned target with a laser gun, according to a press release from Raytheon, the weapon's manufacturer. It was the "first time that a ...

Boeing's High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD). The U.S. military is now one step closer to having a laser gun that can shoot down enemy drones in the blink of an eye. Boeing recently ...

Happy Fourth of July! High-tech listening devices are making it harder and harder to get away with celebratory gunfire on Independence Day, but what if you have a laser gun? Or better yet, a laser ...

Constructed out of durable aluminum, the gun’s spinning turret boasts six 1.4-watt Class 4 blue lasers. For aiming purposes, a 100-mW green laser has been mounted on one side of the gun. Although it ...

[Dirk] shared a fascinating project of his that consists of several different parts coming together in a satisfying whole. It’s all about wanting to do target practice, indoors, using a simple red ...

A machine gun is a powerful weapon, particularly on board a Navy ship. But it suffers from what some would consider a design flaw: It's not a laser cannon. Until now. It's the next move in the Navy's ...

One if by land … lasers if by sea. A futuristic laser mounted on a speeding cruiser successfully blasted a bobbing, weaving boat from the waters of the Pacific Ocean -- the first test at sea of such a ...

Nelson Ireson January 29, 2009 Comment Now! Testing last month at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico confirmed that a prototype weapons system consisting of a laser mounted on the back of an ...

The U.S. Navy just signed a contract for a new portable laser weapon system. Known as C-UAS HELWS, the service will use the weapon to target drones. Thanks to new technology, lasers are getting ...

A 32 kW combination of six industrial sources is preferable to deployment of a chemical laser, says Raytheon. Directed energy weapons should be based on combinations of high-power fiber lasers, and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There’s no practical reason why a 40-watt laser shotgun should ...