🇮🇱Elbit Systems is developing an airborne high-power laser interception... system as the next generation of air defense following the Iron Beam. The system is planned to be installed on fighter aircraft or helicopters and will be able to intercept incoming missiles and drones outside Israel’s airspace. Compared with ground-based laser systems, it offers greater mobility and the ability to engage targets both above and below cloud cover. The core technology combines multiple fiber lasers into a single high-power laser source, while enabling stable airborne targeting and precise engagement. Its accuracy has been described as “hitting a coin from 10 kilometers away.” Israel aims to eventually establish a squadron of laser-equipped aircraft that could rapidly take off during large-scale attacks and use low-cost laser interceptions to neutralize large numbers of incoming threats. The capability is expected to gradually become operational within the next few years. source:show more

Israel is taking the Iron Beam laser to the... skies. Following the launch of the land based Iron Beam, Elbit Systems has secured a major contract to integrate high-power airborne laser systems, XCalibur pods on fighter jets and Sting systems on helicopters. This next-generation directed energy weapon will intercept drones and missiles mid-flight at extremely low cost, giving the Israeli Air Force unprecedented aerial dominance. This isn’t science fiction anymore. It’s Israeli innovation turning lasers into a game-changing defense tool. From the lab to protecting the skies, Startup Nation at it again. (VIDEO FOR CONCEPT ONLY) Proud every single day. 🇮🇱 #StartupNation #IsraeliInnovation #IronBeam #DirectedEnergy #AirDefenseshow more

Big news. South Korean government has unveiled the 'Laser... based Anti-Aircraft Weapon Block-I' for the first time, and it's awesome footage. it's about to deploy it to the Army very soon. It's a 20kW class fiber laser system with a proper size and cost that can be placed easily. Korea's high-ranking research centers are now developing ultra high-power femto laser plasma technology for laser weapons systems. Block-III is also being developed, which is also applicable to military ships as naval versions and plans to have anti-ballistic missile capabilities. This will ensure Korea's low altitude defense along with the '40mm Automated Air Defense System', LAMD-I, LAMD-II, and CIWS-II.show more

BREAKING: IRGC has taken control of a DIRCM system,... a laser-based defense used to protect aircraft like C-130 refueling planes. The system detects an incoming heat-seeking missile, tracks it instantly, and fires a laser at the missile. This confuses the missile, causing it to lose its target and miss the aircraft.show more

🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israel has made the world's first combat interception... using the Or Eitan (also known as Iron Beam) high-energy laser system to intercept missiles on its northern border The system intercepts a barrage of rockets & drones launched by Hezbollah from southern Lebanonshow more

This Footage claimed to be from earlier tonight which... shows the use of the “Iron Beam” Laser-Air Defense System in the Shoot Down of Rockets over Central Israel actually appears to just be either a Lens Flare from the Camera or a Reflection in the Clouds; also the “Iron Beam” is not meant to Intercept these kind of Projectiles and will primarily be used for Very Short-Range Interceptions from Mortar and Artillery Shells as well as some Drones.show more

Israel just raised the bar again. Iron Beam, Rafael’s... high-energy laser defense system, is now operational. It intercepts drones, rockets and missiles at a cost of roughly $2 per shot, compared to tens of thousands for traditional interceptors. While the world watches conflicts, Startup Nation is building game-changing defenses that protect lives and change the economics of war. Proud every day. 🇮🇱 #StartupNation #IsraeliInnovation #DefenseTech #IronBeam #IsraelDefenseshow more

China shows off its new ship-based laser air defense... system LY-1 on an eight-wheeled truck. Described as the “world’s most powerful” laser for shooting down drones and missiles. No specs released.show more

🇮🇷 Iran is reported to have acquired the AN/AAQ-24... LAIRCM system, which is designed to protect large aircraft such as the C-130 from heat-seeking missiles. The spherical dome seen on aircraft like the MC-130J houses the LAIRCM turret. It detects incoming missiles and uses a laser to disrupt their seeker heads. The system is deployed on platforms including MC-130J, C-130, C-17, and CV-22.show more

🇷🇺🔥 Russian combat laser destroys drone at 1.5 km... distance in tests 🔸The working distance of the Posokh laser system developed by LazerBuzz company has been increased by 0.5 km, its developers state, with a fixed-wing FPV UAV successfully destroyed during a mock attack. 🔸The Posokh system is a Russian laser weapon designed to combat aerial targets to protect industrial and critical infrastructure facilities. 🔸It has an integrated radar system and can destroy targets in less than 0.5 seconds, including in automatic mode. 🔸The system operates by physically impacting the UAV based on focused ytterbium laser radiation technology, with the ray power reaching 80kW.show more

Israel does it again!! Information was released today that... the Israel Air Defense Forces (IAF) successfully intercepted dozens of enemy air targets using combat laser systems for the first time during the war. The development of laser air defense systems is being conducted by RAFAEL and the Research and Development Department of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The systems used in combat operations demonstrated a high interception success rate, thus protecting the lives of Israeli civilians and vital infrastructure. Israel Defense Minister Katz welcomes the laser system's operational launch: "It will change the rules of the game in the region—our enemies should fear not only the capabilities we have already developed but also the capabilities we are developing now." This is, as the cool kids say, DOPE!show more

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇶🇦🇰🇼🇦🇪 The United States has approved arms sales worth... over $8.6 billion to its Middle East allies — including Israel, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates — ahead of a possible resumption of military operations against Iran in the near future. 💰 According to the military package: 1Qatar is purchasing $4.01 billion worth of MIM-104 Patriot air defense system missiles (PAC-3/PAC-3 MSE) + $992 million worth of APKWS laser-guided air-to-air missiles for shooting down Iranian Shahed drones (possibly also for ground platforms such as VAMPIRE systems). 2Kuwait is buying a $2.5 billion fire control system — likely for the THAAD-type anti-missile system. 3Israel is purchasing $992 million worth of APKWS laser-guided anti-drone missiles. 4The United Arab Emirates will acquire $147 million worth of APKWS laser-guided anti-aircraft missiles. 🎯 In total, the aforementioned countries will purchase 60,000 APKWS laser-guided air defense missiles to shoot down Iranian Shahed-type kamikaze drones (with an effective range of 11–12 km when launched from aircraft and 5–6 km from ground-based complexes). Their effectiveness has been proven in the Ukraine-Russia war, the 12-day war, and the first round of this year’s military campaign against Iran. Video is generated by grok AIshow more

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iran seems to have gotten its hands on... a DIRCM system, which is installed on aircraft to divert heat-seeking missiles. Most likely they have only the laser emitter and not the classified controller, but that is still valuable. China can now compare it to its own system and help design missiles invulnerable to this.show more

ISRAEL deploys 'sophisticated LASER-BASED' air defenses to the UAE... to COUNTER Iranian missiles and drones — FTshow more

JUST IN🇨🇳🇮🇷 China preparing to transfer low cost high-Energy,... shipborne, and mobile laser weapon system called ‘LY-1 (Liaoyuan-1)’ to Iran against US weapons. 🇨🇳Chinese LY-1 laser systems could usually destroy Apache Helicopter, Chinook, Drones and possibly Fighter jets.show more

Unguided rocket + laser = low cost drone killer... 💥 The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) will be fitted to @royalairforce Typhoon fighter jets this May. The APKWS can destroy targets precisely and at a fraction of the price of missiles currently used.show more

🚨#BREAKING: A Male suspect has been charged with pointing... a laser beam at Marine One while President Trump was on board on Saturday. Authorities say Jacob Samuel Winkler aimed a red laser at the helicopter as it departed the White House in Washington, D.C. He is now facing charges of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Winkler later waived his Miranda rights and claimed he did not know it was illegal to target Marine One with the laser.show more

🇺🇸 THE U.S. NAVY HAS A LASER GUN -... AND IT MELTS THINGS The Navy’s Laser Weapon System (LaWS) is real, operational, and already zapped drones out of the sky and cooked boat engines in the Persian Gulf. 30 kilowatts of precision energy. Targets lock, sensors track, and metal melts in seconds. Tested on the USS Ponce. Confirmed by the Pentagon. And LaWS? That’s just the tutorial level. Next-gen systems like HELIOS are stronger, AI-guided, and getting bolted onto U.S. destroyers right now. Laser cannons. Not in a lab. Not in a video game. In the fleet. Source: U.S. Navy, ONR, KumuLiposhow more

‼️ NEW IRON BEAM OPPERATIONAL Israel’s “Or Eitan” laser... defense system intercepting a target overnight in northern Israel. A major milestone in next-generation air defense.show more

🇮🇱🇦🇪 Israel quietly provided the UAE with a compact... drone-detection system named “Spectro” during the Iran war to enhance its early-warning capabilities, according to the Financial Times. The assistance also involved deploying advanced air defense systems including Iron Beam and Iron Dome, along with Israeli personnel and real-time intelligence sharing, which allowed detection of incoming drones from distances of up to around 20 kilometers. Video is made by grok AIshow more

WATCH | "We cannot overstate just how reckless it... is to distract a pilot and crew with a laser. It not only endangers those in an aircraft but potentially people on the ground too." At midnight last night, the NPAS North West Region helicopter, en route to an incident, reported that their aircraft was being targeted by a green laser from an address in West Derby. ​ Later on, air traffic control at Liverpool John Lennon Airport reported that flights into #Liverpool had also been targeted. The NPAS helicopter returned to the area and identified an address on Haydn Road. ​ Officers attended and two males were detained and arrested on suspicion of shine/direct a laser beam into an aircraft. They are 16 and 13 years old, from West Derby, and have been taken into custody. More here ➡️show more