to hand-held laser pointers and flight-hardened weapons systems. There is, however, a limit to frequency conversion using nonlinear optics, because deep-ultraviolet absorption in the crystals ...

A 50 kilowatt-class laser mounted on a US Army Stryker vehicle A European hub for high-energy laser weaponry is to be based in Livingston, Scotland, a big defence firm has said. Raytheon UK said ...

The Army and Royal Navy are considering using the laser technology The UK has successfully fired a high-power laser weapon against an aerial target for the first time in a trial. It is hoped that ...