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Watch Russia Unveil Its New Laser Weapon

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Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty.

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8 Of The Worst Places To Sleep

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Benjamin Franklin nailed it when he said, "Fatigue is the best pillow." True story, Benny. There's nothing like pushing your body so far past exhaustion that you'd willingly, even longingly, take a nap on a concrete slab.

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The Marine Corps Wants To Put Freakin’ Lasers On Vehicles For Crowd Control

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The Marine Corps is on the hunt for a vehicle-mounted laser system that can produce "sustainable and controllable plasma at range" for the purposes of crowd control, according to A U.S. government solicitation.

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Mystery Lasers Are Messing With US Pilots Near A Critical Overseas Base

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The skies above a crucial U.S. military base in Africa are reportedly doing their best impression of a Pink Floyd laser show at your local planetarium — and that may end up causing major problems at a strategic chokepoint that’s increasingly subject to aggressive competition between global military powers.

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A Handful Of Lucky Soldiers Are Already Rocking The Army’s Newest Laser Weapon Downrange

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The Army’s Stryker-mounted laser, built to zap enemy drones out of the sky, just took a major step towards combat.

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The Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun Is Both Alive And Dead

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The Navy will continue to fund research and development efforts related to the service’s much-hyped electromagnetic railgun but will likely not pursue a shipboard tactical demonstrator, according to sources briefed on the matter, a development that will likely condemn  the more than $500 million project to a R&D; limbo as the Department of Defense focuses on other directed energy programs.

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