Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The IDF on Wednesday announced that its Iron Beam laser defense system has shot down dozens of aerial threats during the war May ...

More Gulf states are turning to laser weapons to combat drones in the Iran war. Israel even loaned the UAE theirs. But do they actually work?

Countries around the world are rapidly deploying laser weapons for air defense and counter-drone operations. The real ...

The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first high-energy tactical laser weapon to be fully integrated and cleared for operations ...