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The Pentagon’s FY2027 Budget Bet on Directed Energy Weapons
The US Defense Department's fiscal year 2027 budget request could yield more than $2 billion in directed energy RDT&E funding.
 • Jared Keller
The Case for Building a 'Laser Dome' Over Washington DC
Hear me out.
 • Jared Keller
The Xboxification of Laser Weapons
High-energy laser weapons and video game-style controllers are a match made in heaven – for now.
 • Jared Keller
The Myth of the ‘Infinite Magazine’
High-energy laser weapon advocates claim that such systems possess an "infinite magazine." Here's why this framing is operationally misleading.
 • Jared Keller
America’s Laser Weapons Make World’s Dumbest Domestic Debut
US Customs and Border Protection personnel used a high-energy laser weapon to shoot down party balloons they mistook for Mexican cartel drones…
 • Jared Keller
The Lingering Questions About the Navy’s Chief Laser Weapon Shooting Down Drones at Sea
The US Navy's High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) “successfully neutralized” four drones during a recent at-sea…
 • Jared Keller
The Pentagon's Looming Laser Weapon Supply Chain Problem
Critical minerals may be the most significant barrier to rapidly scaling high-energy laser weapons across the US military.
 • Jared Keller
Trump's Laser Battleship Mirage
"The most sophisticated laser in the world will be on the battleships that we’re building."
 • Jared Keller
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.
 • Jared Keller
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?
 • Jared Keller
Why Israel Beat the US in the Laser Weapon Race
The Israeli military’s 'Iron Beam' laser weapon is about to officially enter service.
 • Jared Keller
The Laser Weapon Inflection Point
Are we entering a new phase of the global directed energy arms race?
 • Jared Keller
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