The YAL-1A is a converted Boeing 747 created by the Missile Defense Agency and outfitted with a chemical oxygen iodine laser. WSJ's Nathan Hodge reports.

Over the years, the concept of missile defense has been refined and reimagined ... and rejected would have mounted a powerful laser on a Boeing 747 airframe to zap missiles in the boost phase.

Israel's new laser missile defense system has successfully intercepted mortars, rockets and anti-tank missiles in recent tests, Defense Minister Benny Gantz reported Thursday. The Israeli-made ...

Gen. Dan Karbler told the audience at the virtual Space Missile Defense symposium on Tuesday The so-called “laser battalion,” as Defense One described it, would eventually deploy the new 50 kw ...

The newest Iron Dome missile defense system developed by the US envisages ... the three to five minutes before they enter orbit, would require laser beams capable of hitting a target hundreds ...