The DragonFire also offers a much cheaper than traditional missile-based air defense. It will make the U.K. the first European country to field an operational naval laser, placing it as a key leader ...

The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m contract for its deployment on a ...

Despite the DragonFire laser’s impressive capabilities, it is not perfect; like all laser weapons, it operates only within ...

The UK military has carried out its first high-power firing of a laser against aerial targets – with the weapon using an “intense beam of light” to cut through drones. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) ...

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The DragonFire laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) system has achieved the UK’s first high-power firing of a laser weapon against aerial targets during a trial at the MOD Hebrides Range. The latest ...

The UK military has developed a laser weapon that could support the country’s Armed Forces with greater accuracy while reducing the reliance on high-cost ammunition has reached its next milestone.

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The DragonFire laser directed-energy weapon achieved the U.K.’s first high-power firing of the weapon type against an aerial target. (Photo provided/British Defence Ministry) LONDON — An industry team ...