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The German Navy Is Testing a New Laser Weapon

According to Rheinmetall, the German Navy’s directed energy weapon can engage a wide range of targets, including guided missiles, rockets, and drone swarms.
Rheinmetall and MBDA have met a major milestone in moving their containerized laser weapon system to market. After a year of ...
TKMS announced in a press release on 23 October that it had been awarded a contract to modernise the minehunting sonars on ...
Eminent scholar Roger Moorhouse recently spoke to Military Times to discuss his book, “Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War," ...
The U.K. and Germany will dispatch P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) in the coming months for a joint surveillance ...
The system demonstrated what Rheinmetall described as a first for Europe: successful target engagement “in front of blue sky.
Based on this, say the partners, an operational laser weapon system could be available to the German Navy as of 2029, ...
Britain and Germany will join forces to hunt down Russian submarines. The Royal Air Force (RAF) and Deutsche Marine aircraft ...
During both world wars, the German Navy tried its utmost to bring the UK to heel through unrestricted submarine warfare. Conversely, the Royal Navy deployed countless warships, men, and resources in ...
The German Navy test-fired a navalised IRIS-T SLM (Surface Launched Medium Range) air-defence system from the F125 frigate ...
China recently used its dominance over the global supply of rare earth elements for leverage in its trade dispute with the United States. That had an impact on Germany, which needs those metals for ...