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 ...
United States Army

Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems Works To Increase Lethality Of Existing Weapon Systems

It is not often that a revolution in the conduct of warfare occurs, however the introduction of inexpensive, commercially ...

The mystery US weapon that may have left Maduro’s henchmen ‘vomiting blood’

Nicolas Maduro’s bodyguards did not know what had hit them when US forces swooped in to snatch the Venezuelan leader from ...
New Atlas

Laser weapons go mobile on US Army small vehicles

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems ...

The military once considered using balloons as nuclear weapons systems

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a strike.

EPIC Win: U.S. Secret Weapon May Have Incapacitated Maduro’s Guards

The White House has promoted an account by a Venezuelan guard of how Maduro's security team was disabled by a mystery weapon ...