The laser blasters in "Star Wars" are no longer a thing of science fiction. Chinese researchers have developed an actual laser gun that can ignite a target on fire from a half mile (800 meters ...

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The military calls its new weapon an "active denial system," but that's an understatement. It's a ray gun that shoots a beam that makes people feel as if they are ...

Researchers used the high-energy laser called the Maritime Laser Demonstrator to disable a boat by setting fire to its engines off the coast of California.

Although the gun is classified as a nonlethal weapon, its laser shots can cause "'instant carbonization' of human skin and tissues," according to the South China Morning Post, which means skin ...