Jared Keller
@laserwars.net
Former journalist now working in strategic comms and writing about military laser weapons. Your school has no gymnastics team this is a last resort.
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Jared Keller
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· Apr 16
Just a reminder that A) this photo exists and B) I own the only known physical copy
A Romanian physicist operates a laser system during testing at the Institute of Atomic Physics in Bucharest in 1968. (Romanian government photo/Laser Wars archive)
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A Romanian physicist operates a laser system during testing at the Institute of Atomic Physics in Bucharest in 1968. (Romanian government photo/Laser Wars archive)
www.laserwars.net/p/romania-la...
Reposted by Jared Keller
At Danger Room, we used to have a recurring feature called the "MAMAs," for Most Awful Military Acronyms. This, from @laserwars.net, would fit right in.
September 15, 2026 at 1:37 PM
At Danger Room, we used to have a recurring feature called the "MAMAs," for Most Awful Military Acronyms. This, from @laserwars.net, would fit right in.
Reposted by Jared Keller
BTW, if you're even *remotely* interested in this topic — or think you might be — Jared's @laserwars.net newsletter is an absolute must-read.
HUGE NEWS: @noahshachtman.bsky.social reports that the US military is poised to finally award a contract for its first-ever directed energy program of record after more than 50 years of laser weapon research and development www.wired.com/story/landma...
Landmark Deal Would Officially Add Laser Weapons to US Army Arsenal
Facing a growing drone threat, the Pentagon is poised to sign a first-of-its-kind contract for “Enduring High Energy Lasers”—and make directed energy weapons an official part of the Army’s kit.
www.wired.com
August 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
BTW, if you're even *remotely* interested in this topic — or think you might be — Jared's @laserwars.net newsletter is an absolute must-read.
HUGE NEWS: @noahshachtman.bsky.social reports that the US military is poised to finally award a contract for its first-ever directed energy program of record after more than 50 years of laser weapon research and development www.wired.com/story/landma...
Landmark Deal Would Officially Add Laser Weapons to US Army Arsenal
Facing a growing drone threat, the Pentagon is poised to sign a first-of-its-kind contract for “Enduring High Energy Lasers”—and make directed energy weapons an official part of the Army’s kit.
www.wired.com
August 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
HUGE NEWS: @noahshachtman.bsky.social reports that the US military is poised to finally award a contract for its first-ever directed energy program of record after more than 50 years of laser weapon research and development www.wired.com/story/landma...
Odyssey this, Odyssey that — someone wake me when they make ‘The Aeneid’
July 20, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Odyssey this, Odyssey that — someone wake me when they make ‘The Aeneid’
Celebrating America's 250th birthday with my usual July 4th tradition: rereading this incredible work by my late grandfather, who was a renowned historian of American bureaucracy www.amazon.com/dp/019537424X
July 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Celebrating America's 250th birthday with my usual July 4th tradition: rereading this incredible work by my late grandfather, who was a renowned historian of American bureaucracy www.amazon.com/dp/019537424X
All my homies HATE Ken Burns
The U.S. has been “way more divided” throughout history than it is now, argues documentarian Ken Burns.
“We can't be Chicken Littles sitting around fretting about the sky is falling all the time without ... doing something about it,” he told Dasha Burns on #TheConversation.
🔗 politi.co/4eFwufA
“We can't be Chicken Littles sitting around fretting about the sky is falling all the time without ... doing something about it,” he told Dasha Burns on #TheConversation.
🔗 politi.co/4eFwufA
July 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
All my homies HATE Ken Burns
'Love Island' is an abomination
July 1, 2026 at 1:35 AM
'Love Island' is an abomination
I am looking for a science writer, preferably with experience writing about neuroscience, for a (non-Laser Wars) project
Please send me your recommendations!
Please send me your recommendations!
June 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I am looking for a science writer, preferably with experience writing about neuroscience, for a (non-Laser Wars) project
Please send me your recommendations!
Please send me your recommendations!
Marjorie Taylor Greene has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever ...
June 30, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever ...
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Happy 10-year anniversary to one of the best stories I've ever written psmag.com/news/how-the...
June 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Happy 10-year anniversary to one of the best stories I've ever written psmag.com/news/how-the...
Happy 10-year anniversary to one of the best stories I've ever written psmag.com/news/how-the...
June 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Happy 10-year anniversary to one of the best stories I've ever written psmag.com/news/how-the...
Them: “Good on Trump for firing these loser do-nothing generals”
Me: “Cool, can you name three generals who aren’t CQ Brown?”
Them: “ … no?”
Me: “Exactly”
Me: “Cool, can you name three generals who aren’t CQ Brown?”
Them: “ … no?”
Me: “Exactly”
June 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Them: “Good on Trump for firing these loser do-nothing generals”
Me: “Cool, can you name three generals who aren’t CQ Brown?”
Them: “ … no?”
Me: “Exactly”
Me: “Cool, can you name three generals who aren’t CQ Brown?”
Them: “ … no?”
Me: “Exactly”
Here's my Alan Greenspan story:
I attended a black-tie wedding in DC around a decade ago. Greenspan was waiting for a cocktail at the bar in a wheelchair. I handed his drink down to him and, innocently mistaking me for a waiter, he palmed me a few bucks.
Best stimulus ever!
I attended a black-tie wedding in DC around a decade ago. Greenspan was waiting for a cocktail at the bar in a wheelchair. I handed his drink down to him and, innocently mistaking me for a waiter, he palmed me a few bucks.
Best stimulus ever!
June 23, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Here's my Alan Greenspan story:
I attended a black-tie wedding in DC around a decade ago. Greenspan was waiting for a cocktail at the bar in a wheelchair. I handed his drink down to him and, innocently mistaking me for a waiter, he palmed me a few bucks.
Best stimulus ever!
I attended a black-tie wedding in DC around a decade ago. Greenspan was waiting for a cocktail at the bar in a wheelchair. I handed his drink down to him and, innocently mistaking me for a waiter, he palmed me a few bucks.
Best stimulus ever!
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"...the first publicly known instance of a sitting US defense secretary personally observing a live directed energy weapon firing..."
EXCLUSIVE: The US Defense Department demonstrated several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, Laser Wars has learned www.laserwars.net/p/hegseth-mi...
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Demonstrates Laser Weapons for Hegseth
The US military fired several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday.
www.laserwars.net
June 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
"...the first publicly known instance of a sitting US defense secretary personally observing a live directed energy weapon firing..."
Reposted by Jared Keller
EXCLUSIVE: The US Defense Department demonstrated several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, Laser Wars has learned www.laserwars.net/p/hegseth-mi...
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Demonstrates Laser Weapons for Hegseth
The US military fired several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday.
www.laserwars.net
June 23, 2026 at 4:04 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The US Defense Department demonstrated several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, Laser Wars has learned www.laserwars.net/p/hegseth-mi...
EXCLUSIVE: The US Defense Department demonstrated several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, Laser Wars has learned www.laserwars.net/p/hegseth-mi...
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Demonstrates Laser Weapons for Hegseth
The US military fired several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday.
www.laserwars.net
June 23, 2026 at 4:04 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The US Defense Department demonstrated several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, Laser Wars has learned www.laserwars.net/p/hegseth-mi...
I'm still upset nobody gave a shit about this joke
Using Foucault to test facial recognition tech is *so* funny and all, but using Las Meninas would have been a REAL deep cut
June 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I'm still upset nobody gave a shit about this joke
When life gives you crayons, draw a beam director
June 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
When life gives you crayons, draw a beam director
In today's edition of Laser Wars: Chariot Defense founder and CEO Adam Warmoth talks directed energy, expeditionary power, and what your Tesla has in common with a laser weapon www.laserwars.net/p/how-to-pow...
How to Power a Laser Weapon
Chariot Defense founder and CEO Adam Warmoth talks directed energy, expeditionary power, and what your Tesla has in common with a laser weapon.
www.laserwars.net
June 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
In today's edition of Laser Wars: Chariot Defense founder and CEO Adam Warmoth talks directed energy, expeditionary power, and what your Tesla has in common with a laser weapon www.laserwars.net/p/how-to-pow...
Rolling into Monday like
June 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Rolling into Monday like
Must-read from @yappelbaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
How America Gave Up on Its Own History
Unable to agree on how to interpret the American story, the country’s schools, universities, and political institutions have stopped trying to tell it at all.
www.theatlantic.com
June 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Must-read from @yappelbaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...