It's the kind of proposal that makes sci-fi dorks (including this one) quiver with anticipation: a 1999 design, found by DefenseReview, for a real-life laser rifle.So when I read about the far-out ...

By 2016, the military plans to have a 30-kilowatt laser gun ready for testing, according to the Office of Naval Research. And Boeing isn't the only defense contractor working with the military to ...

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It may not be the Terminator's phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range, but a successful test of the Lockheed Martin ATHENA laser has proven it could clear out rush-hour traffic in record time.

Granted, the thing looks fake. And no, I can't find this supposed press release anywhere else on the web -- which is usually a bad sign.

It also means that, unlike gun or missile-based systems that rely on individual munitions to make up the ammunition supply, as long as the laser has fuel to power the generator, it can keep shooting.

When you're aiming at a target two miles away, the slightest perturbation could end up causing a catastrophic miss - not good enough for today's military.

The high-powered laser systems, made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, provide an additional layer of air-defense, an ...

Boeing's High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD). The U.S. military is now one step closer to having a laser gun that can shoot down enemy drones in the blink of an eye. Boeing recently ...

The U.S. military is now one step closer to having a laser gun that can shoot down enemy drones in the blink of an eye. Boeing recently announced that its mobile laser weapon, dubbed the High ...