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to hit drones every 2–3 seconds with 62 individual blue-violet lasers forming a combined output of 300 Kw, its engagement range is 1 to 25 km, up to a altitude of 10 km. However to reduce thermal signature it is powered entirely by batteries with no onboard power generation giving a maximum engagement duration of 2 hours. The SR-32 is version of the same laser and microwave jammer mounted on a towed trailer, it has 26 lasers producing a combined output of 100 KW with a range of 1 to 10 Km and a ceiling of 1.7 Km
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in strictly frontal engagements), higher acceleration (which increases the distance and changes the angle quickly), or agile maneuvering during the terminal attack phase (which hampers the ability to target a vulnerable point, forces a constant re-aiming or tracking with close to zero lag, and allows for some cooling) can defeat or help to defeat non-highly pulsed, high-energy laser weapons.
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Hellenic company Soukos Robotics, the SR-42 is a large anti-drone system consisting of radio jammer, microwave jammer, optical dazzler, 12.7mm gun and laser weapon mounted on a unmanned BTR 8×8 vehicle and was unveiled at the Defence Exhibition Athens (DEFEA) in July 2021. It is designed
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Kingdom intended for use against small boats, drones and artillery shells/missiles. Completed the first two of four planned service acceptance trials in 2022. Sea trials aboard a Type 23 frigate are due to begin in 2023 and run
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In the United States, Lockheed Martin demonstrated the capabilities of its ATHENA laser system in 2017, which uses a 30-kilowatt ALADIN laser to target and destroy UAVs. Another
American company, Raytheon, developed the High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) in 2019, which is capable of detecting
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has invested in the development of specialized coatings that can deflect beams fired by U.S. military lasers. Laser light can be deflected, reflected, or absorbed by manipulating physical and chemical properties of materials. Artificial coatings can counter certain specific types of lasers, but a
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as the specular regions evaporate. This avoids blooming because the waves from the target pass through the blooming, and therefore show the most conductive optical path; this automatically corrects for the distortions caused by blooming. Experimental systems using this method usually use special
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Most of these projects have been canceled, discontinued, never went beyond the prototype or experimental stage, or are only used in niche applications like dazzling, blinding, mine clearance or close defense against small, unprotected targets. Effective, high performance laser weapons seem to be
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Israel has also been actively developing laser weapons, with companies like Rafael
Advanced Defense Systems demonstrating the compact Drone Dome system in 2020, which is designed to destroy UAVs and their swarms. Another Israeli system, called Light Blade, was developed by OptiDefense to counter
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Using a phase-conjugate laser system. This method employs a "finder" or "guide" laser illuminating the target. Any mirror-like ("specular") points on the target reflect light that is sensed by the weapon's primary amplifier. The weapon then amplifies inverted waves, in a positive feedback loop,
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claimed that production staff realized that using laser technology would cause problems in the future as people came to understand what lasers could and could not do; this resulted in the move to phasers on-screen, while letting lasers be known as a more primitive weapon style.)
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2 Kw anti-drone weapon for the French military designed by CILAS and Ariane Group with a range of up to one kilometre. Developed between 2017-2019, land trials were undertaken in 2020 and 2021 while 12-14 June 2023 it was trialled at sea aboard the French destroyer
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at the target. The resulting sound, shock and electromagnetic waves stun the target and cause pain and temporary paralysis. The weapon is under development and is intended as a non-lethal weapon in crowd control though it can also be used as a lethal weapon.
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photons within the rod atoms. This process would result in optical amplification of the X-ray photons, generating an X-ray laser beam that would be minimally affected by atmospheric distortion and capable of destroying ICBMs in flight. However, the
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The development and deployment of these anti-drone laser systems show the increasing importance of protecting airspace from emerging threats, while also providing a cost-effective and flexible solution for defense forces around the world.
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to destroy an airborne target. Whether acting as a stand-alone system or with external cueing as part of an air-defense system, a threat is detected by a surveillance system and tracked by vehicle platforms in order to engage.
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beams. Any opaque case, cowling, bodywork, fuselage, hull, wall, shield or armor will absorb at least the "first impact" of a laser weapon, so the beam must be sustained to achieve penetration.
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to inflict damage. Whether they will be deployed as practical, high-performance military weapons remains to be seen. One of the major issues with laser weapons is atmospheric
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mounted inside a shipping container. The developer aims to increase its output to 5 Kw.
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Small anti-drone weapon mounted on an AN/TWQ-1 Avenger combat vehicle.
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News story on the PHaSR handheld rifle-style weapon. 2 November 2005.
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Butler, Amy (21 December 2011). "Lights Out for the Airborne Laser".
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have been proposed. Phased arrays could theoretically also perform
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High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance
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MLD Test Moves Navy a Step Closer to Lasers for Ship Self-Defense
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MLD Test Moves Navy a Step Closer to Lasers for Ship Self-Defense
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Soviet laser-armed orbital weapon that failed during deployment.
3448:"French Navy tests HELMA-P Laser Weapon from Horizon Destroyer"
3148:"China's new laser-powered rifle can literally set you on fire"
3046:"Drones, lasers, and tanks: China shows off its latest weapons"
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U.S. Military Laser Weapon Programs Are Facing A Reality Check
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Navy tests laser gun by zapping motorboat off California coast
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Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
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US lasers? PLA preparing to raise its deflector shields
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An Israeli laser weapon system for anti-missile defense
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ZEUS-HLONS (HMMWV Laser Ordnance Neutralization System)
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Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator
3463:"What Are India's Plans for Directed Energy Weapons?"
3407:"Turkey's laser weapon ARMOL passes acceptance tests"
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Experimental mobile laser weapon developed by Russia.
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1900:"Laser Weapons Not Yet Ready for Missile Defense"
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2748:"US Army gets world record-setting 60-kW laser"
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3070:Richard D. Fisher, Jr. (23 February 2017).
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1893:
1891:
1869:"Navy's new laser weapon: Hype or reality?"
1013:Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator
346:
137:Laser-based missile and air defense systems
92:pilots being exposed to lasers while flying
3208:"Navy Shows Off Powerful New Laser Weapon"
3118:"Raytheon CUAS Laser Dune Buggy vs. Drone"
2089:
2087:
2085:
1862:
1860:
1833:"US and Israel Shelved Laser as a Defense"
791:Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response
3765:
3689:"Drones Fight Back Against Laser Weapons"
3405:DAILY SABAH WITH AA (30 September 2019).
2179:
2177:
2175:
2173:
2171:
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2143:
1676:or generators will also disturb or block
894:FEL technology is being evaluated by the
129:strapped together." A 60 kW system,
3686:
3623:
3346:"Russian / Soviet Point Defence Weapons"
2934:"Dazzle gun will protect US helicopters"
2442:
2207:"US cops and military to get laser guns"
2093:
1929:
1888:
1866:
1615:, this method would require billions of
1528:
1215:Laser for use aboard U.S. Navy warships.
651:Never went beyond the experimental stage
600:Never went beyond the experimental stage
411:
42:
3745:"Science fiction inspires DARPA weapon"
3662:"The Swiss army knife of smoke screens"
2723:"Army to get laser that can zap drones"
2699:– Laserfocusworld.com, 13 December 2013
2648:
2642:
2448:
2326:
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1957:
1857:
1825:
1259:Portable Efficient Laser Testbed (PELT)
777:Laser for use aboard U.S. Navy warships
125:engines. It has been described as "six
14:
3794:
3706:
3261:"ATHENA Laser Weapon System Prototype"
2711:– Providencejournal.com, 24 April 2014
2574:
2478:, W. E. Davenport, J. J. Ehrlich, and
2162:
959:Mobile Expeditionary High-Energy Laser
3343:
3232:
3128:from the original on 22 December 2021
2908:"The Leading Mil Net Site on the Net"
2720:
2589:
2553:
2498:
1897:
1707:
1274:Laser AirCraft CounterMeasures (ACCM)
858:aerial vehicles, and cruise missiles.
852:High Energy Laser-Mobile Demonstrator
283:
3624:Thompson, Loren (19 December 2011).
3301:from the original on 1 December 2012
3271:from the original on 1 December 2012
3241:from the original on 12 October 2011
2990:"Media – Lockheed Martin – Releases"
2976:"Media – Lockheed Martin – Releases"
2430:. Rheinmetall Defence. 8 August 2019
2319:
2150:Episkopos, Mark (8 September 2020).
1930:Atherton, Kelsey D. (27 June 2017).
982:Experimental directed energy weapon.
749:Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser
3687:Hambling, David (4 November 2016).
3572:Hana Levi Julian (11 August 2020).
3386:from the original on 22 August 2014
2263:New technology 'dazzles' aggressors
2073:"RAFAEL at Singapore Air Show 2014"
1960:"Police fight back on laser threat"
166:intercontinental ballistic missiles
27:Directed-energy weapon using lasers
24:
3721:Office of Technological Assessment
3376:"Home – Veterans Disability Guide"
3214:from the original on 8 August 2011
2649:Markoff, John (20 February 2005).
2554:Hodge, Nathan (11 February 2011).
2313:"Chinese Soldiers Have Laser Guns"
1655:
487:Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy
443:Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons
84:Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons
25:
3818:
3650:Atomic Rocket: Space War: Weapons
3605:LAMBROS ZACHARIS (14 July 2021).
3356:from the original on 15 July 2008
3322:, official press release, 4/8/11.
3206:Northrop Grumman (7 April 2010).
2615:, official press release, 4/8/11.
2276:"United Nations Office at Geneva"
2231:Chris Matyszczyk (23 July 2010).
2094:Williams, Dan (19 January 2014).
1898:Hecht, Jeff (27 September 2017).
1874:Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
1867:Ghoshroy, Subrata (18 May 2015).
635:Abandoned, partially disassembled
233:on February 11, 2014 by Israeli
923:Portable Efficient Laser Testbed
532:List of Directed Energy Weapons
477:is a Chinese anti-drone dazzler.
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1277:Directed energy weapon project.
1116:Northrop Grumman electric laser
1000:Directed energy weapon project.
995:Advanced Test High Energy Asset
312:
238:Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
3766:Van Riper, A. Bowdoin (2002).
3233:Emery, Daniel (19 July 2010).
3094:(in Russian). 18 December 2019
2721:Gregg, Aaron (16 March 2017).
2590:Emery, Daniel (19 July 2010).
2022:
2008:
1987:Luis Martinez (9 April 2013).
1951:
1923:
1156:Skyguard (area defense system)
946:Directed energy weapon project
941:Laser AirCraft CounterMeasures
928:Directed energy weapon project
736:Directed energy weapon project
681:Directed energy weapon project
400:diode-pumped solid-state laser
30:For science-fiction guns, see
13:
1:
2337:, Megan Eckstein, 30 May 2019
1958:Symonds, Tom (8 April 2009).
1803:
1629:phase-conjugate amplification
1262:Anti-riot less-lethal weapon.
1160:Proposed area defense system.
642:US Army Missile Command laser
456:Air Force Research Laboratory
2910:. milnet.com. Archived from
2499:Peter, Pae (19 March 2009).
1664:medium and perturbed by any
1635:destroying the target, with
1324:AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System
1031:Silent Hunter (laser weapon)
906:directed-energy weapon. The
214:
164:systems to destroy incoming
154:Strategic Defense Initiative
7:
3520:Commander, US Pacific Fleet
3344:Carlo, Kopp (12 May 2008).
2888:. Fox News. 20 January 2011
2519:"Missile Defense Umbrella?"
2205:Mark Harris (27 May 2009).
1771:
1560:Laser beams begin to cause
1549:
1336:in 2014 and later moved to
1210:Maritime Laser Demonstrator
1192:Area Defense Anti-Munitions
977:Area Defense Anti-Munitions
772:Maritime Laser Demonstrator
493:
459:Directed Energy Directorate
386:. The emitters are usually
225:Iron Beam is a laser-based
209:underground nuclear testing
10:
3823:
3772:Greenwood Publishing Group
1798:Weapons in science fiction
1714:Weapons in science fiction
1711:
1553:
1134:Northrop Grumman laser gun
1076:Undergoing service testing
813:Tactical High Energy Laser
497:
445:, which the United States
390:, making what is termed a
365:
350:
316:
229:which was unveiled at the
218:
177:nuclear-pumped X-ray laser
49:Tactical High Energy Laser
29:
3677:– SCMP.com, 10 March 2014
870:Fiber Laser developed by
115:rocket-propelled grenades
34:. For sporting guns, see
3562:Retrieved 17 April 2022.
3196:, 19 March 2009., p. B2.
1685:People's Liberation Army
1441:Pulsed energy projectile
404:electromagnetic spectrum
353:Pulsed energy projectile
347:Pulsed energy projectile
250:unmanned aerial vehicles
3807:Directed-energy weapons
2449:Waldman, Harry (1988).
2185:"Lasers against drones"
1816:as of January 2020
1761:The Making of Star Trek
452:Kirtland Air Force Base
424:(PHASR) is a prototype
3538:Global Defense Insight
1778:Directed-energy weapon
1642:phase-conjugate mirror
1542:
1174:Close-In Weapon System
898:as a candidate for an
696:Close-In Weapon System
608:17F19DM Polyus/Skif-DM
417:
331:plasma, somewhat like
323:An electrolaser first
61:directed-energy weapon
52:
2452:The Dictionary of SDI
2348:"Laser voor defensie"
2156:The National Interest
1723:particle beam weapons
1640:chemicals to form a "
1539:anti-satellite weapon
1537:laser as an intended
1532:
436:Department of Defense
415:
402:, DPSS) areas of the
289:airspace protection.
46:
3334:, LA Times, 4/11/11.
2687:, GlobalSecurity.org
2627:, LA Times, 4/11/11.
2543:. airforcetimes.com.
2239:.com. Archived from
2098:. JERUSALEM: Reuters
1611:. For typical laser
1382:India's laser weapon
1243:Boeing Laser Avenger
36:Laser pistol (sport)
3166:northropgrumman.com
3116:(26 January 2018).
2845:on 11 February 2009
2801:2005SPIE.5792..109W
2762:"Jefferson Lab FEL"
2561:Wall Street Journal
2529:on 11 January 2011.
1690:absorption spectrum
1202:Ongoing development
890:Free-electron laser
573:Soviet laser pistol
533:
481:Soviet laser pistol
196:stimulated emission
107:Laser Weapon System
3802:Laser applications
3723:. p. 172 ss.
3560:Al-Monitor website
3436:. 13 January 2023.
3295:lockheedmartin.com
3172:on 30 January 2013
2768:on 16 October 2006
2727:washingtonpost.com
2656:The New York Times
2364:. Northrop Grumman
2362:"Laser Technology"
2243:on 25 October 2012
1837:The New York Times
1725:in his 1955 novel
1708:In popular culture
1543:
531:
418:
284:Anti-drone systems
235:defense contractor
227:air defense system
100:United States Navy
80:non-lethal weapons
53:
3193:Los Angeles Times
2914:on 22 August 2014
2809:10.1117/12.603906
2505:Los Angeles Times
2489:, 310–316 (1991).
2406:"DIRECTED ENERGY"
2386:. Lockheed Martin
1851:"Directed Energy"
1527:
1526:
1354:Fielded Prototype
1221:Active deployment
835:Soviet/Russian CO
723:Niche application
555:Project Excalibur
275:Iron Beam uses a
231:Singapore Airshow
162:space-based laser
156:(SDI, nicknamed "
16:(Redirected from
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2050:. Archived from
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1556:Thermal blooming
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69:thermal blooming
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2476:F. J. Duarte
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1698:carbon fiber
1683:The Chinese
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1670:smoke screen
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1609:phased array
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1596:in the air.
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1469:Experimental
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1391:Experimental
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1316:Experimental
1252:Experimental
1184:Experimental
1148:Experimental
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1126:Experimental
1058:Experimental
987:Experimental
969:Experimental
900:antiaircraft
844:Experimental
823:Discontinued
706:Experimental
659:Boeing YAL-1
591:1K17 Szhatie
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3751:15 February
3412:Daily Sabah
3390:30 November
3305:30 November
3275:30 November
3176:27 December
3098:18 December
2685:Beriev A-60
2594:. Bbc.co.uk
1788:Laser sight
1694:rare earths
1613:wavelengths
1494:Light Blade
961:(MEHEL) 2.0
831:Beriev A-60
540:Description
522:Rheinmetall
416:PHASR Rifle
396:laser diode
277:fiber laser
205:X-ray laser
192:spontaneous
181:atomic bomb
3796:Categories
3698:17 January
3693:popsci.com
3635:17 January
3630:forbes.com
3472:4 December
3360:31 October
3291:"Releases"
3132:27 January
3055:27 January
2892:22 January
2732:17 January
2462:0842022953
2282:15 January
2102:21 January
2048:Forbes.com
1969:17 January
1943:17 January
1915:17 January
1880:17 January
1804:References
1728:Earthlight
1721:envisaged
1637:shockwaves
1617:micrometer
1554:See also:
1399:Dragonfire
498:See also:
463:New Mexico
426:non-lethal
190:, causing
170:refraction
123:helicopter
63:that uses
2825:111883401
2670:19 August
2665:0362-4331
2335:USNI News
2190:6 October
1756:Star Trek
1744:Star Wars
1566:megajoule
1477:Iron Beam
1433:Prototype
1375:Prototype
1338:USS
1331:USS
1292:(HELLADS)
1228:Almaz HEL
1218:2011–2014
1023:Cancelled
902:and anti-
733:(HELLADS)
549:Citation
333:lightning
270:Iron Dome
246:Iron Dome
221:Iron Beam
215:Iron Beam
185:gamma-ray
158:Star Wars
119:motorboat
3544:16 April
3384:Archived
3354:Archived
3299:Archived
3269:Archived
3239:Archived
3212:Archived
3126:Archived
3030:21 April
2870:29 March
2408:. Boeing
2301:Archived
1964:BBC News
1772:See also
1738:blasters
1621:antennae
1607:Using a
1550:Problems
1511:Minotaur
1420:(HELIOS)
1340:Portland
1165:Proposed
1099:ZKZM-500
1067:Peresvet
1065:Russian
1047:Russian
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