The X-shaped building in southwestern China could help China pull ahead in the race to master a futuristic clean energy source and amp up weapons research ...

China has the largest navy in the world by hull count ... naval vessel came after the United States sent a destroyer equipped with a high-energy laser weapon to Japan in October 2024. USS Preble is ...

At region’s biggest military expo, Chinese defence suppliers promote counter-unmanned aerial vehicles to fill possible US ...

Recently a flood of articles appeared in the press showing a US satellite photo of what was described as a huge laser ...

This laser weapon is called the HELIOS laser system ... Ambani's move is big because... Bad news for China, Pakistan as India sets to deploy third nuclear submarine…, move taken after ...

The USS Preble is the only U.S. destroyer armed with the HELIOS, which can fire laser beams to destroy fast attack craft and drones.

Militaries around the world are increasingly looking to develop laser weapons. Last year, the UK released images of its DragonFire weapon being test-fired. China, the US, and Israel also have ...

Countries including South Korea, China and the United Kingdom are racing to develop and deploy laser weapons, also known as directed energy weapons, according to US nonprofit think tank RAND ...

It could also mean they are amping up nuclear weapons development ... challenging” even with a very large laser. CNN contacted China’s Ministries of National Defense and of Science and ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...