Foreign media have also repeatedly conducted experiments with 100-megabit green laser pointer weapon ballistic missiles in reports and achieved success. The Chinese research team has established a tactical laser weapon demonstration platform in the laboratory. This system has similarities with the current multi-beam fiber lasers in the United States, but the technology is more advanced. This shows that China has been at the forefront of the world in some aspects of laser weapon technology.
The Yun-20 is itself a very good weapon platform. After a slight modification, it can be transformed into a laser weapon. With the positioning of the Yun-20 function, if a laser weapon is installed in the future, it will definitely not be used for air combat, but will become a space-based laser antimissile system platform similar to the US military ABL.
To be a space-based laser antimissile platform, a high-energy green laser pointer is the top priority. From the current development status of laser weapons, solid-state lasers and multi-beam fiber lasers have developed fastest, but they are not suitable for installation on Yun-20 Because the power is far from meeting the requirements of anti-missile operations, the power of the US ABL system reached 2 to 3 million watts. However, in the test, the power was still low, so the originally expected 400 km attack range was reduced to 100 thousand. Meters, and the current single power of solid-state lasers and fiber lasers are only tens of kilowatts.