China says that it has developed a laser rifle that can "carbonize" human flesh at a range of 800 m (2,625 ft), yet weighs only 3 kg (6.6 lb). In a report in the South China Morning Post, Chinese ...

Lasers, by their very nature, have the potential for harm but most of the dangerous applications of the technology has been limited to science fiction until recently. But while companies like Lockheed ...

Key point: Despite Beijing’s claims, it is likely still a ways away from building a really good laser rifle. Stephen Chen caused a minor media sensation on July 1 when he wrote about a new Chinese ...

I didn't think we'd be here already but here's where we are now: we're living in a world where a Chinese firm has the aspirations to arm the country's police forces with the next generation of weapons ...

Chinese company ZKZM Laser has produced the ZKZM-500 laser assault rifle which people are calling the Chinese AK-47 because of its similar size, weighing in at three kilos (6.6 lbs). Claims of its ...

Key point: No one has been able to make a real, functioning and practical laser rifle yet. It turns out China’s propaganda is just that. Stephen Chen caused a minor media sensation on July 1, 2018 ...

A Chinese firm wants to arm the country’s police forces with a whole new kind of weapon for the battlefield: an assault rifle that fires lasers and can burn your clothes and skin from up to 800m away.

A Chinese laser fiber company claims to have created the weapon of the future: a laser gun that can burn someone’s hair or clothes, pass through glass and transparent objects from almost 1km away. It ...

China has created the ZKZM-500 laser assault rifle is classified as being “non-lethal” but produces an energy beam that cannot be seen by the naked eye but can pass through windows and cause the ...

A Chinese firm has developed a laser gun designed for police use that can set fire to protesters' hair or banners from a range of almost one kilometre. The general manager of the ZKZM fibre laser ...

A machine gun. A Chinese gun company has claimed to have developed a “laser AK-47” that can shoot an invisible beam a couple thousand feet. A machine gun. A Chinese gun company has claimed to have ...

A Chinese newspaper claimed the country has a laser rifle that can burn people and ignite explosions. The U.S. is working on similar tech, but these weapons are so big they must be mounted on vehicles ...