A videoshared on X claims to show the USS Preble firing a laser weapon. Verdict: Misleading The video is artificial intelligence. The image it is based on, though, is real. Fact Check: Social media ...

In the vast expanse of the ocean, a streak of white light pierces the sky. It’s not a natural phenomenon, but a weapon — a ...

Combining a high-energy laser with an optical dazzler, HELIOS can both destroy and disable threats, as well as disrupt enemy ...

The U.S. Navy has developed a directed-energy weapon that can intercept unmanned drones and possibly cruise missiles while ...

The undated image shows the U.S. Navy testing a weapon system known as HELIOS from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of the ocean.

The United States Navy has reportedly tested its HELIOS laser weapon on an aerial target at a unknown location sometime in 2024.

In 2014, the US Navy installed its first prototype SSL (solid state laser) capable of countering surface craft and unmanned ...

The image published in an annual Navy report shows the High Energy Laser on USS Preble being tested on a drone target.

The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed ...