At present, the most promising is similar to the chemical oxygen iodine green laser pointer used on ABL, which has the advantages of small volume and weight and high power, which is very suitable for space-based platforms. In terms of chemical oxygen iodine lasers, China has also begun research. According to reports, in the 1980s, the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, first started the research of chemical oxygen iodine lasers.
In 1993, the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics conducted a test of a chemical oxygen-iodine laser, and the results showed that the tested laser could kill targets up to 140 meters away. Although there are no further reports, we can guess that after more than 20 years of development, China should have made major breakthroughs in this field, and high-energy chemical oxygen-iodine lasers should have become practical.
It is conceivable that the Yun-20 with high-power green laser pointer will fly near the battlefield in the future, and use infrared search and tracking devices to observe the launch of enemy theater ballistic missiles. Once the theater ballistic missiles are detected, Yun-20 will be installed The ranging, targeting, and attack lasers will lock the target, focus the laser beam on the missile skin, and the skin will rupture due to heating, causing the internal volatile materials to explode. Debris and the missile warhead will fall on the missile launching country On the land, to deter the enemy country.