The Jerusalem Post recently visited Elbit's facility and met with experts in the field, to see the insides of the laser, and laboratories where its various pieces are developed up close.

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 ...

Future lunar settlements may depend as much on reliable electricity as on rockets and habitats. According to research ...

There are many applications for particle accelerators, even outside research facilities, but for the longest time they have been large, cumbersome machines, not to mention very expensive to operate.

A new laser-optical system uses 2,000 controllable beams to precisely position atoms, enabling key logic processes in a ...

Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive drones filling the skies or skimming across the waves are motivating militaries to develop and deploy laser weapons as an alternative to costly and potentially ...

NASA’s asteroid probe ’Psyche’ successfully transmitted a cat video from outer space about 31 million km away from Earth in ...

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 ...