Laser Weapons Earn Their Combat Credentials

EOS laser demonstration

EOS is planning further high-power laser demonstrations in the coming months to woo customers.

Credit: EOS
Laser weapons since at least the 1990s have come with the promise of arriving on the battlefield within five years. Decades later, those five years are finally up. The U.S. and Israel have used these directed-energy weapons in combat, and a Chinese system sold to Saudi Arabia may have achieved its...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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