A videoshared on X claims to show the USS Preble firing a laser weapon. Verdict: Misleading The video is artificial intelligence. The image it is based on, though, is real. Fact Check: Social media ...

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.

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 ...

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed “Helios” — from one of its ...

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

In 2024, seven vehicles in western China each transmitted a high-powered microwave beam that converged precisely in both time ...

HELIOS is a high-powered laser weapon designed to neutralise threats like drones, fast attack boats, and even missiles.

The U.S. Navy is arming its destroyers with a high-powered, long-range laser weapon. The High-Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-Dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) is now being integrated onto the ...

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

The HELIOS system, installed in 2022, is designed to neutralize drones, disable enemy sensors, and potentially counter ...

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 ...

Ukraine now has more than just tanks at its disposal, with Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi announcing a new laser weapon is ‘real and operational’ (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP) Ukraine has ...