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RIP Russian Laser Plane
A Ukrainian attack on a Russian airbase appears to have claimed a rare airborne laser testbed.
Nov 29
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Jared Keller
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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.
Nov 21
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Jared Keller
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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.
Nov 10
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Jared Keller
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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.
Nov 3
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Jared Keller
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October 2025
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.
Oct 31
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Jared Keller
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Building Space-Based Laser Weapons During America's 'Star Wars' Era
Former Strategic Defense Initiative optical engineer Gary Golnik talks early laser weapon R&D, technical challenges, and the Cold War "laser gap."
Oct 27
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Jared Keller
3
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The IVAS Delusion
The US military has tried and failed to build a tactical helmet-mounted display for nearly 35 years. Can Anduril actually make it a reality?
Oct 16
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Jared Keller
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The Geography of Military Laser Weapons
Where the world's laser weapons are (that we know of)
Oct 13
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Jared Keller
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What We Know About ‘Apollo,' NATO’s New Australian-Made Laser Weapon
EOS CEO Dr. Andreas Schwer on the system that scored the world's first known laser weapon export contract.
Oct 8
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Jared Keller
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The Case for Ultrashort Pulse Laser Weapons
Applied Energetics CEO Chris Donaghey talks directed energy, drone warfare, and weaponizing the lightning bolt.
Oct 6
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Jared Keller
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2
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September 2025
The Cold War Legend of Romania’s Tank-Melting Laser Weapon
In the shadow of the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, a powerful story took root.
Sep 29
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Jared Keller
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Why Israel Beat the US in the Laser Weapon Race
The Israeli military’s 'Iron Beam' laser weapon is about to officially enter service.
Sep 23
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Jared Keller
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