MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. -- A recent Public Health audit of Madigan's laser safety program resulted in it being lauded as the best of its kind across Army Medicine.

The Airborne Laser program can be tracked back to the Reagan years, and after billions in development dollars were spent and a custom-built 747 prototype was built, what was to be a super-weapon that ...

FORT PIERCE — Three students tinkered with a network of mirror lenses and prisms until a steady green laser beam shot across their work station. At one point, the laser splits into two streams, then ...

Why shoot bullets or missiles, when you can dissolve your enemies with a super laser? It’s a potentially devastating weapon that needs no ammunition, can shoot lasers right out of the sky, and can run ...

Editor's note: A name that was incorrect in a previous version of this story has been corrected. In the more than 10 years of working with directed energy, the airborne laser program continues to do ...