The US Navy's New Military Laser Successfully Shoots Drones Out Of The Sky
It seems like something out of science fiction, but it's fact: America's new military laser is showing it can shoot down ...
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The Arleigh Burke Destroyer’s Mk 45 Cannon Has a New Role: Drone Defense
It is unclear if the five-inch gun was used during those actions ... The destroyer used its Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) to take out the incoming missile! Based on the 20mm M61 Vulcan ...
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US Navy Tests Its HELIOS Laser By Blowing A Drone Out Of The Sky
Outside of the handful of destroyers modified to the ‘Rota configuration,’ which feature SeaRAM and Phalanx, Flight I Arleigh Burkes feature two CIWS, front and rear. The US Navy released a clip of ...
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What is US Navy's HELIOS laser weapon that destroys drones in seconds?
An undated photo from 2024 shows USS Preble firing its High Energy Laser and Integrated ... which previously housed the Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS). The laser weapon system focuses ...
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The Drone Killers: Skynex, CWIS and Skyranger
Skyranger – A mobile anti-aircraft system mounted on armored vehicles, designed to counter drone swarms, helicopters, and low ...
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Trump goes on ‘unprecedented’ Pentagon firing spree: report
Jack Reed, of Rhode Island, who called the firings "political." "Firing uniformed leaders as a type of political loyalty test, or for reasons relating to diversity and gender that have nothing to ...
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Hegseth Defends Trump’s Firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman
By Julian E. Barnes Reporting from Washington Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday defended President Trump’s firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s top military ...
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Idaho murders case: Bryan Kohberger’s likelihood of firing squad execution if convicted increases
Idaho is one step closer to becoming the first state to use a firing squad as its primary execution method, months ahead of the start of college murder suspect Bryan Kohberger's trial. So far ...
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'Barbaric': Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution in South Carolina next month
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to die by firing squad in what would be the first such execution in the state in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977. Brad Keith ...