Israel's powerful 'Iron Beam' laser is going airborne - here's how

Weaponized lasers are no longer science fiction. Discover how Israel is taking its powerful air defense system airborne to ...
Politifact

Did Israel use its laser weapon ‘Iron Beam’ for the first time? Here’s what we know

Here’s what we know about the Iron Beam. Iron Beam defense system The Iron Beam, Israel’s ground-based laser air defense system, was first unveiled in 2014. The New York Times described it in 2022 as ...
New Atlas

The day of the tactical laser weapon arrives

The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first high-energy tactical laser weapon to be fully integrated and cleared for operations ...
Phys.org

Mixing laser beams and X-ray beams

Unlike fictional laser swords, real laser beams do not interact with each other when they cross—unless the beams meet within a suitable material allowing for nonlinear light-matter interaction. In ...
The Conversation

High‑energy laser weapons: A defense expert explains how they work and what they are used for

Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea, and in the air and space. Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive drones filling the ...