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‘A Laser on Every Ship': Navy Leaders Are Dreaming of a Laser Fleet
Including megawatt-level laser weapons for the service’s future Trump-class battleships.
 • Jared Keller
Indonesia Has a Laser Rifle
The Indonesian Navy is entering the laser wars.
 • 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
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.
 • 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.
 • 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.
 • Jared Keller
The Navy Is Testing a Laser Weapon in the Red Sea, Lockheed CEO Says
"We've been developing and testing one in the Red Sea right now with the Navy."
 • Jared Keller
The Laser Weapon Inflection Point
Are we entering a new phase of the global directed energy arms race?
 • Jared Keller
The Navy’s Chief Laser Weapon Is Finally Firing at Full Power
Lockheed Martin says its shipboard laser system hit 60 kilowatts at sea, contradicting Navy leadership.
 • Jared Keller
The Second Life of the Pentagon’s Magic Bullet
The US military's Hypervelocity Projectile is steadily inching towards combat.
 • Jared Keller
Trump’s CNO Nominee Wants to Make Naval Laser Weapons Great Again
“If confirmed, I will make that a priority.”
 • Jared Keller
The Royal Navy’s 'DragonFire' Laser Weapon Downs 30 Drones in Trial
The UK’s 50 kilowatt laser weapon system is inching closer to deployment amid rising investment in directed energy.
 • Jared Keller
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