Laser

IDF: Iron Beam laser system not ready for Iranian missiles, despite limited usage in 2024

Using lasers to defend against long-range threats, such as Iran's ballistic missiles, could take that much longer, some projecting five to ten years or longer.

Israel's Iron Beam laser anti-missile interception system can potentially neutralize threats literally at the speed of light.
 Elbit Systems' handheld laser designator

Elbit sees record-breaking sales for laser target designator systems

DELIVERED TO the IDF late last year, the Iron Beam system marks a historic milestone – the world’s first operational laser defense platform capable of neutralizing rockets, drones, and mortars at a fraction of the cost of traditional interceptors.

How Israel's defense-tech ecosystem reshapes the battlefield - and the Start-Up Nation

The Iron Beam laser defense system, pictured in December 2025.

Defense Ministry rolls out Iron Beam laser air defense system across Israel


Israeli scientists use 'laser tweezer' to study DNA mystery - study

Using optical tweezer technology, Technion researchers were able to gain a greater understanding of the poorly understood DNA packaging process, which impacts how genes are expressed.

Optical tweezers apply force on DNA, and "unzip" it into two separate strands. Upon reaching the chromatosome the unzipping is halted by contacts of the histone proteins (yellow, pink, blue) with the DNA, revealing whether the chromatosome is in an "open" (right) or "closed" (left) structure.

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Israel successfully downs targets using airborne laser system

Trials over several days were led by the Defense Ministry's Research and Development unit.

A UAV used in an IAF test of an airborne High-Power Laser Weapon System.

Virgin Atlantic flight to TLV returns to UK after laser shone in cockpit

"As is standard procedure for a laser incident, we swiftly notified the police and remain in close contact with them."

Virgin Airlines.

NASA's Perseverance records sound of its first space laser instrument

Space lasers have been making headlines recently, when last January it was reported that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene made a statement blaming deadly forest fires on "Jewish space lasers."

Perseverance

Israeli laser surgery tech company sells for $1.07b.

The deal is valued at $1.07 billion, pending closing adjustments.

Doctors performing a surgery via the guidance of a robot.

Pentagon tests prototype for space energy beam - report

The premise behind the plan is that a solar energy system like this could be sent to gather sunlight and convert it into solar power, which would then be beamed back to Earth at specific points.

Did a Jewish space laser cause the deadly forest fire in California?

'Jewish space lasers' funny? Marjorie Taylor's antisemitism is real

A 2018 Facebook post written by Greene was unveiled in which the future lawmaker blames California’s wildfires on the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in conjunction with the Rothschilds.

US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wears a "Trump Won" face mask as she arrives on the floor of the House to take her oath of office as a newly elected member of the 117th House of Representatives in Washington, US, January 3, 2021.

House Dems. mull removing Marjorie Taylor Greene for antisemetic comments

Last week, reporters unearthed a 2018 in which Greene posted an antisemitic conspiracy theory blaming "the Rothschild family" for starting California wildfires using a laser from space.

US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wears a "Trump Won" face mask as she arrives on the floor of the House to take her oath of office as a newly elected member of the 117th House of Representatives in Washington, US, January 3, 2021.

Biton tours Gaza area, visits site of anti-incendiary balloon laser system

The Lahav Or system became operational last week and is equipped with highly advanced detections capabilities that allow the system to detect and safely neutralize targets automatically.

Defense Ministry's Civil and Social Issues Minister Michael Biton touring the Gaza Strip area, August 20, 2020.