Another advantage of laser pointer is an ability to use a much more extended magazine for weapons.This is the dramatic account of the US military’s test of its first operational laser weapon as seen on video released by the Defense Department.Spurred by advances in laser technology, as well as the evolving capabilities of potential adversaries, defense firms are developing laser weapons systems, ranging from aircraft armed with a high-energy laser to attack ground targets to countermeasures to protect future fighter jets from missiles.
Once the actual laser is developed, it will be united with the rest of the system for ground and flight tests in 2021.And the Missile Defense Agency is looking into a long-endurance drone prototype that could be armed with a laser and fly at high altitudes to minimize the atmosphere’s effect on the beam.The SHiELD system will go through ground and flight tests with a lower-powered stand-in laser around 2019, Bagnell said.The US Army is planning to deploy the first laser weapons in 2023 and its Air Force is already trying out prototype weapons.
Hi-tech fighter aircraft will be equipped with a green laser beam system which tracks and destroys targets.A laser produces very intense energy that can travel over very long distances. That’s why a laser can become a weapon.In other experiments, the laser team simulated a defense against a swarming attack, which required rapid switching between targets approaching from different directions.Firing of the high-energy laser was not scheduled for these tests, nor was an acquisition sensor deployed.
This puts us in a leading position in the development of laser effectors.The light escapes in a focused beam — the laser beam.The South Korean delegation watched and listened intently as NSWCDD scientists and engineers explained the laser weapon system they developed.Ponce Sailors — trained by the Dahlgren team on the Laser Weapon System’s operation — reported the weapon performed flawlessly during testing in the Arabian Gulf.But developing these lasers takes time—which has given researchers a chance to protect drones in new ways.
Further down the road, exotic substances like metamaterials might completely protect military drones from Red Laser .The U.S. Army now has firm plans to put laser weaponry on its armored vehicles. The training pistols use laser beams showing sight lines and do not accept live ammunition.The laser-sighted weapons can hit two targets, or offer officers a second chance of incapacitating a suspect without reloading.In this exercise, the targets were preset, scanned with the laser target illuminator, and an aim point was held on the target for an extended period.
The longer a laser can stay on a target, like a drone or an incoming missile, the more damage it can do.Damage done by laser weapons is a function of power and time. The Air Force wants lasers on large planes by 2022, and plans to use lasers sooner than that to clear runways of landmines.There are laser rangers, designators that guide air bombs, missiles, artillery shells and so on.The placement of Earth satellites with the weaponry based on new physical principles, one of which was laser weaponry.
Initially, the project was much too ambitious: it was impossible to put the Laser Sight weapons of that time (and even of today) into orbit together with an energy source to recharge it.The second physical problem is to provide maximal beam scattering; otherwise the laser spot will be “smudged” and will not do damage to enemy ICBMs. Taking into account the above, it may be concluded that creating an orbital laser missile-defense system is currently impossible and is unlikely to become reality in the foreseeable future.
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