There’s a lot of high-fives when you shoot something down with a gun, kind of World War II-style.” Since Hamas waged its October 7, 2023, massacre against Israel, Iran’s regional proxy groups have ...
On the last in Russia's Kirov-class cruiser named Admiral Nakhimov has launched two nuclear reactors. This is a sure sign ...
Burke Chair in Strategy, which was established and endowed in honor of CSIS’s first director and cofounder, Admiral Arleigh A. Burke. Together, the Burke Chair in Strategy and the Emeritus Chair in ...
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The U.S. Navy is Going All In on Lasers
Late last year, the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG-88) conducted a test of its ...
Swarms of weaponized unmanned surface vessels have proven formidable weapons in the Black and Red Seas. Can the US military ...
The destroyer Preble successfully test-fired its HELIOS system on a drone target, according to a recently released report.
HELIOS is a high-powered laser weapon designed to neutralise threats like drones, fast attack boats, and even missiles.
The United States Navy has reportedly tested its HELIOS laser weapon on an aerial target at a unknown location sometime in ...
As the US Navy (USN) moves to modernise and augment its guided-missile destroyer (DDG) fleet, the service is dealing with ...
U.S. forces will participate in Exercise Pacific Steller 2025, a multi-large deck event (MLDE) hosted by the French Navy in ...