Russia's LazerBuzz increases range of directed energy weapon to 1.5 km

Image from a LazerBuzz video published on 8 November 2025 purporting to show their laser directed energy weapon. (Lazerbuzz)

Russian company LazerBuzz has increased the range of its laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) to 1.5 km, the company claimed in a 9 April 2026 report from Russian state media outlet Tass.

The LazerBuzz LDEW, which is also referenced as part of Russia's Project Posokh, has been integrated with an unnamed radar, according to the report.

In March, representatives from LazerBuzz told Tass that the unnamed LDEW engaged unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that were flying at a speed of up to 140 km/h during testing. The LDEW system can detect, target and engage via its internal control system, according to the 27 March Tass report. At the time, the company also confirmed that it's working with a Russian-based manufacturer on an acoustic sensor system. “The result of this work will be used in the modernisation of the laser countermeasure system for FPV [first person view] drones,” the company is cited in the report.

The LazerBuzz system includes a fibre-optic laser, according to a 31 March 2025 report by Tass. “The temperature at the point of impact depends on the distance, weather conditions, the material of the target, and exposure time. For example, the temperature of aluminium at the point of contact with a 3 cm diameter beam will be between 700 to 900 degrees Celsius, with a melting point of 660 degrees Celsius,” according to a company representative cited in the Russian-state media report.