11, Air War College Center for Strategy and Technology, May 2000. Megan Eckstein, "Navy to Field High-Energy Laser Weapon, Laser Dazzler on Ships This Year as Development Continues," USNI News, May 30 ...

In the vast expanse of the ocean, a streak of white light pierces the sky. It’s not a natural phenomenon, but a weapon — a ...

The HELIOS system, developed by Lockheed Martin, uses more than 60 kilowatts of directed energy—enough to power 60 homes. The ...

The U.S. Navy’s High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system faced its first airborne ...

China has overcome a significant technical hurdle in the development of a compact yet extremely powerful directed energy weapon. This high-power microwave (HPM) weapon – which is still in ...

Indeed, there are many examples of directed energy weapons across science fiction. In the real world, this class of weapons is fairly broad, incorporating any weapon that uses the electromagnetic ...

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.

"You can see the forest said to be responsible in the background. Just dew it." The acronym DEW is an apparent reference to directed energy weapons. The post also includes an image of the fictional Dr ...