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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.
Dec 12, 2025
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Jared Keller
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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Jared Keller
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Israel Is Forging Ahead With an Airborne 'Iron Beam’
While the US retreats from its airborne laser weapon ambitions, Israel is taking directed energy to the skies.
Aug 25, 2025
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Jared Keller
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The Air Force Is Giving Up on Airborne Laser Weapons (For Now)
The service's airborne laser ambitions have hit turbulence.
Jul 21, 2025
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Jared Keller
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The Return of ‘Star Wars': The Pentagon Is Eyeing Space Lasers for Missile Defense
The American dream of an orbital directed energy weapons is alive and well.
Jul 14, 2025
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Jared Keller
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The US Military’s Laser Weapon Wake-Up Call
The rise of military laser weapons seemed all but inevitable. Now, the Pentagon’s dream appears in trouble.
Jun 23, 2025
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Jared Keller
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Highway to the Laser Drone
🎶 Ride into the danger zone 🎶
Apr 23, 2025
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Jared Keller
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Here’s the Status of Every Known US Military Laser Weapon
This is the current state of play for US military laser weapons.
Feb 24, 2025
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Jared Keller
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The Navy’s Vision of a Future War Includes Laser-Armed Drone Wingmen
Here comes the laser plane -- again.
Jan 25, 2025
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Jared Keller
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Let There Be Light
I'm channeling my obsession with military laser weapons into something productive.
Dec 23, 2024
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Jared Keller
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