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That Time the Soviet Union Allegedly Used Lasers to Blind Mujahideen Fighters in Afghanistan
US intelligence agencies suspected Moscow was already sending directed energy weapons into battle.
 • Jared Keller
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Here’s Your First Look at the Army’s Laser-Armed JLTV
The service's new laser truck breaks cover.
 • Jared Keller
Marines in Iraq Once Requested an Airborne Laser Weapon to Torch Insurgents and Terrify Onlookers
Pentagon whistleblower Franz Gayl reflects on his vivid 2006 request for an flying laser capable of “instantaneous burst-combustion of insurgent…
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The Air Force Is Taking Another Run at Airborne Laser Weapons
The service is planning a new airborne laser weapon initiative for fiscal year 2027.
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Japan Is Testing a Laser Weapon on a Warship for the First Time
A prototype high-energy laser weapon was spotted on the deck of an experimental testbed ship.
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RIP Russian Laser Plane
A Ukrainian attack on a Russian airbase appears to have claimed a rare airborne laser testbed.
 • Jared Keller
The Royal Navy's First Laser Weapon Is Officially Headed to the Fleet
The UK is poised to become the first European country to field a shipboard high-energy laser weapon.
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China's Laser Technical and the Emerging Directed Energy Arms Trade
A pickup truck-mounted laser weapon at a Pakistani arms expo offers a glimpse into an nascent arms market.
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Here Comes the Army's 'Enduring' Laser Weapon
The service is pushing ahead with its newest high-energy laser weapon system.
 • Jared Keller
Germany's Naval Laser Weapon Is Finally on the Horizon
Rheinmetall and MBDA’s high-energy laser weapon system could enter service with the German Navy by 2029.
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