Move over, Star Wars. Around the same time that Han Solo was declaring the superiority of a blaster by your side, Russian engineers were working on a real laser pistol for cosmonauts to carry, another ...

Ultimately, the laser pistol’s practicality was limited by its low power, the fragility of space environments, and the unlikelihood of astronaut-on-astronaut combat. The 1980s were a wild time, not ...

After more than a half century of development, the U.S. military is finally close to fielding an array of laser weapons for defense against missiles, drones and small vehicles. However, the Soviet ...

Smith & Wesson Corp. expanded its popular line ofsmall-frame revolvers to include a new, non-laser M&P Bodyguard 38 revolver. The M&P Bodyguard 38 revolver features a gray, polymer grip; updated ...

Designed for use in low-or-zero-gravity environments where conventional firearms would not work properly, this magazine-fed, pyrotechnic flashbulb technology generated a laser beam—with one variant ...