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Royal Navy to Fire Lasers by 2027—DragonFire Marks Europe’s First Combat Laser Warship

Britain plans to equip Type 45 destroyers with DragonFire laser weapons by 2027, marking a first for Europe in shipborne ...
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The Royal Navy Has a Type 45 Destroyer It Has Been Trying to Fix for 8 Years

Article Summary - HMS Daring, the Royal Navy’s first Type 45 destroyer, has spent more than eight years out of action after chronic propulsion failures exposed deep flaws in Britain’s most advanced ...
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Type 45 Destroyers

“From combating pirates and defending air attacks, to delivering humanitarian aid, these high-tech Type 45 destroyers are the pride of the naval fleet.” Though the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy may ...

Game of drones – DragonFire laser is so accurate it can hit a coin from a kilometer away, and even 400mph drones didn't stand a chance

The recent test runs of DragonFire at the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Hebrides range witnessed the laser taking out drones ...

DragonFire laser to be fitted to Royal Navy ships after acing drone-zapping trials

Lasers, or Laser Directed Energy Weapons (LDEW) as military nomenclature has it, are seen as a solution to the threat from ...
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MBDA to deliver DragonFire LDEW for RN Type 45 destroyers

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded MBDA a GBP316 million (USD414 million) contract to develop and integrate an ...