The laser blasters in "Star Wars" are no longer a thing of science fiction. Chinese researchers have developed an actual laser gun that can ignite a target on fire from a half mile (800 meters) away, ...

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, installing a massive high-energy laser on a dedicated test ship and ...

Nelson Ireson January 29, 2009 Comment Now! Testing last month at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico confirmed that a prototype weapons system consisting of a laser mounted on the back of an ...

The U.S. Navy just signed a contract for a new portable laser weapon system. Known as C-UAS HELWS, the service will use the weapon to target drones. Thanks to new technology, lasers are getting ...

An Apache helicopter just successfully honed in on and hit an unmanned target with a laser gun, according to a press release from Raytheon, the weapon's manufacturer. It was the "first time that a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This plastic "laser gun" toy was made ...

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Reporting from Twentynine Palms, Calif. — The U.S. Marines will soon blast the western Mojave Desert with green lasers and may someday deploy chemical weapons in an effort to beat back marauding ...

Michael is a huge fan of JRPGs and fighting games that includes the Persona, Final Fantasy, and Guilty Gear franchises. He has worked as a journalist for a decade and has written for a number of ...

Children growing up in the 1950s and 1960s often entertained themselves by playing “cowboys and Indians” with cap guns and rubber arrows. In the 1970s and 1980s, air-powered rifles filled with ...