Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...

"While we need exquisite to take down exquisite things, we need to cheap to take out less exquisite things," Adm. Paparo said ...

The U.S. Navy spent at least six months resurrecting a high-energy laser weapon that previously graced the bow of a warship for a new military exercise last year, the service recently revealed. But ...

Since the detonation of the first atomic bombs in 1945, the global security architecture has been fundamentally shaped by the logic of nuclear deterrence (Knopf 2022). The unprecedented destructive ...

The modern doctrine of air warfare is already shifting away from kinematic tactics to an emphasis on information dominance in networked combat platforms. The Lockheed Martin F-35 fifth-generation ...

Governments kept advanced military weapons secret for decades to maintain strategic advantages over rivals, with technologies like stealth aircraft, hypersonic systems, and nuclear weapons eventually ...

Ukraine’s Bumblebee and the Pentagon’s Bumblebee V2 are examples of how AI-assisted interceptor drones are becoming more common in warfare. However, the systems being used today still depend on humans ...