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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...