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The US Military Wants to Demonstrate Battle-Ready Laser Weapons in 2 Years
“We now have a suite of directed energy products that go from low-end to high-end, and now we have to scale production of those.”
May 28
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Jared Keller
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The Global Laser Weapon Wave
The UAE offers vivid proof that high-energy laser weapons are proliferating faster than anyone predicted -- and the Iran war revealed a looming…
May 11
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Jared Keller
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The Pentagon's Laser Weapon Promise — and the Problem of Keeping It
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wants the US defense industrial base to build “tens to hundreds” of directed energy weapons.
May 4
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Jared Keller
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Why Aircraft Carriers Are the Best (and Worst) Place for Laser Weapons
High-energy laser weapons are a natural fit for large, power-rich aircraft carriers — with limits.
Apr 22
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Jared Keller
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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.
Apr 8
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Jared Keller
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The Case for Building a 'Laser Dome' Over Washington DC
Hear me out.
Apr 2
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Jared Keller
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The Xboxification of Laser Weapons
High-energy laser weapons and video game-style controllers are a match made in heaven – for now.
Mar 25
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Jared Keller
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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.
Feb 23
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Jared Keller
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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…
Feb 12
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Jared Keller
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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…
Feb 9
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Jared Keller
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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.
Feb 2
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Jared Keller
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Trump's Laser Battleship Mirage
"The most sophisticated laser in the world will be on the battleships that we’re building."
Dec 23, 2025
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Jared Keller
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