The war machine of the Terminator era is finally coming-the killing invisible tactical laser weapon Tactical laser pointer weapon technology is currently a frontier technology that is rapidly developing abroad and has attracted great attention from military powers.
Tactical laser weapons use directional high-energy laser beams to replace traditional chemical and mechanical energy as “munitions” to kill or destroy targets. Tactical laser weapons can be used to perform various tactical offensive and defensive tasks, and can be used to soften tactical targets such as aircraft and drones. /Hard kill. Its operating distance is usually only tens of kilometers or even less than a few kilometers, and the average output power of the laser is generally below 1 megawatt.
Institutions engaged in research on tactical laser weapons include military laboratories as well as universities or defense companies. At present, defense companies engaged in the development of tactical laser weapons include Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Atomics, etc. These companies are both competitive and competitive in research work. Cooperation.
At the same time, some private companies such as Stanford University and Optonics are also actively participating in the research of certain specific technologies. Tactical laser weapon technology belongs to a branch of laser weapon technology. According to energy and power level, tactical laser weapon can be further divided into low-energy tactical laser weapon technology and tactical high-energy laser weapon technology.
In terms of system structure, high-energy tactical laser weapon technology mainly involves high-energy/high-power green laser pointer technology, precise target tracking and aiming technology, and high-precision beam control technology, of which high-energy/high-power laser technology is its core part. Land-based laser air defense system under development
At present, the development of tactical laser weapon technology is focused on the field of high-energy tactical laser weapon technology. In order to promote the development of laser weapons, two high-energy laser research projects have been launched. In 2002, the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office and the three services jointly launched a joint high-power solid-state laser project. The purpose of this plan is to promote the development of solid-state laser technology, and develop a laboratory device with a power output of only kilowatts into a laboratory device with a fairly good beam quality and an output power of more than 100 kilowatts.