In-demand lasers and microwave weapons kill drones by using either burning hot beams or electromagnetic force fields.

Military history is riddled with weapons systems failing to live up to the reality of the situation on the battlefield. This can be brought about by sudden, rapid advances in contemporary technologies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday unveiled a sweeping overhaul to how the Pentagon buys weapons, a restructuring aimed at ...

Many military weapons failed not due to poor design but because they required ideal conditions war rarely provides. Systems dependent on clear weather, secure logistics, uncontested access and ...

In a speech to the United Nations Security Council last month, Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, took aim at artificial intelligence (AI). While she said the technology "heralds ...

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often ...

In September 1943, the Italian battleship Roma was steaming toward Malta to surrender to the Allies when a pair of German Dornier Do 217 bombers appeared overhead. The planes released two Fritz X ...

Potentially getting as small as a mosquito, new micro drone technology could change the nature of some military operations. Micro drones are cheap and versatile, but tiny batteries limit their range.

The Marine Corps is reinforcing its security around weapons, ammunition and explosives storage after government watchdog audits found that annual inspections were “not conducted or completed” in ...