Ivan Khomenko

Lasers can shoot down drones for pennies—but why are they still failing on real battlefields? From London to Beijing, nations are showcasing laser air defense systems as the future of warfare. But recent reports suggest these weapons might be more fragile than their futuristic image implies.

A new generation of improvised precision weapons is reshaping the battlefield—not with advanced missiles, but with retrofitted Soviet-era bombs and commercial engines.