The system downed 30 drone targets, conducted high power firing in the rain, with improvements on targeting and tracking.

DragonFire, which was developed by UK military scientists in partnership with industry, is already due to be deployed on Royal Navy warships from 2027, following efforts to speed it into service.

The full range of the DragonFire is currently classified. Britain's Defense Secretary Grant Shapps delivers a speech on defending the U.K. and its allies in London, on January 15, 2024.

DragonFire could help swing that calculus back in the UK’s favor, Black said. “This type of cutting-edge weaponry has the potential to revolutionize the battlespace by reducing the ...

DragonFire has been in the works since at least 2017, as a way to defeat and disable aerial targets, like drones. Drones are an ideal target, ...

The DragonFire laser weapon is shown firing in Scotland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (inset) is seen. U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said this week that DragonFire may be sent to ...

Dragonfire Drone. The video was posted by Ukraine’s 108th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade, and on a Telegram channel called My callsign is Godwin.

The DragonFire’s intense beam of light can reportedly cut through a target – a drone or missile – leading to its structural failure. The Royal Navy hopes to deploy the platform by 2027.

DragonFire isn’t the name of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, but it is possibly powerful enough that it could shoot down the mythical beasts from the hit series House of the Dragon.

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DragonFire could help swing that calculus back in the UK’s favor, Black said. “This type of cutting-edge weaponry has the potential to revolutionize the battlespace by reducing the ...