The Navy installed the improved system on the “Ponce” amphibious ship and then deployed it to the Gulf area to test the combat capabilities of this fiber laser pointer weapon system in a real environment, while allowing the crew and Marine Corps soldiers to learn more. Be familiar with the system.
The Army’s high-energy laser mobile demonstration prototype used a 10-kilowatt laser to conduct multiple shooting tests and successfully destroyed more than 90 mortars and several drones in flight. This is the first time that a laser weapon system has successfully demonstrated its continuous shooting capability. Continuous shooting is of great significance at the tactical level and is closer to actual combat needs. In September 2014, a combat experiment of targeting and striking various air targets under weather conditions such as wind, rain, and fog was carried out.
Laser weapon is a revolutionary new type of weapon that integrates soft and hard killing and has both offensive and defensive functions. Compared with existing missiles or ordinary ammunition, it has the advantages of fast speed, high precision, wide coverage, flexible use, and low operational cost. It can be used to replace or supplement traditional weapons to better undertake air defense and countermeasures. Various combat missions such as guidance, enemy air defense suppression, and electronic/information countermeasures.
The development and application of tactical laser weapons will further enrich the defense and attack methods of the army. Its widespread use will help greatly reduce the consumption of ordinary ammunition and missiles. It is expected to change the army’s combat methods and may have an impact on the construction of the weapon equipment system. Significant impact. As the green laser pointer power reaches 100kW or higher, the corresponding high-energy tactical laser weapons can not only perform temporary soft kills on the target, but also achieve permanent hard kills.
That is, the shell, fuel tank, antenna, fairing, and guidance system of the weapon can be irreversibly damaged or destroyed through thermal or mechanical effects. High-energy tactical laser weapons can also achieve different damage effects by adjusting the output power, so they can provide troops with great combat flexibility in the actual combat process. High-energy tactical laser weapons can deal with a variety of tactical targets and can be installed on a variety of platforms to undertake tactical attack and defense tasks.
Its outstanding defensive capabilities are particularly attractive to ground forces with limited combat range and relatively poor mobility. Ground-based high-energy tactical laser weapons can be combined with the existing artillery system to make up for the latter’s deficiencies and form an integrated comprehensive defense system to protect small area and point targets such as command centers and important facilities, or install them on mobile Realize mobile operations on the platform to further expand its attack and protection range.