A U.S. high-powered airborne laser weapon shot down a ballistic missile in the first successful test of a futuristic directed energy weapon, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Friday.
"The Missile Defense Agency demonstrated the potential use of directed energy to defend against ballistic missiles when the Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) successfully destroyed a boosting ballistic missile" the agency said.
An air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in southwestern Idaho was canceled on Sunday,...
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao’s insistence this week that the Pentagon had paused a $14 billion...
The Pentagon has quietly dismantled a program it is legally required to operate to prevent and...
