YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The U.S. Navy’s only guided-missile destroyer equipped with a directed energy weapon is on its way to join the U.S. 7th Fleet in Japan. The USS Preble left its ...

USS Preble, which recently arrived at Yokosuka Naval Base, is the only U.S. warship equipped with the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, system.

The USS Preble, the only Navy destroyer outfitted with a high-energy laser capable of shooting down drones and missiles, has left San Diego for Yokosuka, Japan, where it will be homeported for the ...

US Navy destroyer USS Preble, equipped with the latest laser weapon, departed from San Diego for Yokosuka, Japan, on September 22. Photos and videos of the destroyer departing for its forward ...

The USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, departed San Diego on September 22, 2024, bound for Yokosuka, Japan. ... 2024, bound for Yokosuka, Japan.

The destroyer, USS Preble, completed a switch of home port in October last year when it arrived at Yokosuka in Japan from San Diego in California to join Destroyer Squadron 15, supporting the ...

Capt. Zaldy Valenzuela and Cmdr. Art Palalay, who led the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center based in Yokosuka, ... This past week the USS Preble, ...

The USS Preble is the only vessel among 73 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the U.S. Navy carrying a high-energy laser weapon that could be used to shoot down drones and missiles, a navy ...

A United States Navy warship, armed with a powerful laser weapon capable of destroying both aerial and waterborne threats, departed for Japan on Sunday to keep China at bay. USS Preble, a 9,700 ...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble departed the US Navy base in San Diego on Sunday and is scheduled to carry out tests of its Helios system – a high-energy laser with ...

In an era where global alliances are more crucial than ever, the proposed $15 billion merger between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel emerges as a pivotal moment not only for the steel industry but for ...