Researchers in China say the ZKZM-500 laser weapon can 'instantly carbonise' human skin, set a person on fire and make them feel 'pain beyond endurance' THE developer of a futuristic new laser assault ...

ISRAEL'S new Iron Beam laser guns can down missiles at the speed of light - and are set to be deployed to the battlefield. The mobile air defence system fires powerful beams of light into the sky to ...

Some of the Navy's futuristic weapons sound like something out of 'Star Wars,' with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic speeds. That ...

The US Navy is working on four separate laser-based weapons systems and has requested the government for a budget of about $300m (£216m) to develop them under the Navy Laser Family of Systems. Navy ...

Researchers from China's Academy of Sciences claim to have developed a stealth laser weapon capable of burning targets nearly a kilometre away. Renderings of the ZKZM-500 laser assault rifle appeared ...

A high-powered laser gun can destroy drones miles away for as little as £10 in a battlefield revolution, defence chiefs have revealed. The weapon – designed to shoot down missiles, planes, drones and ...

A terrifying new laser rifle which can set fire to flesh from up to half a mile away will be perfect for assassins, spooks have reportedly said. The 'Laser AK47' weapon, developed in China, is said to ...

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Apprehension. Perhaps this word sums up in a bland form the reaction of people when they receive the diagnosis that they have some type of cancer, a problem that hits close to 350,000 Brazilians every ...

A high-energy laser (HEL) fired from a US warship off the California coast has ignited a nearby boat. Video courtesy of the US Office of Naval Research. The US Navy has fired a laser gun from one of ...

THE developer of a futuristic new laser assault rifle has released a video showing it being tested after doubts were raised about its capabilities. Researchers say the ZKZM-500 laser weapon can ...