Washington: A US Navy warship has successfully tested a new high-energy laser weapon that can destroy an aircraft mid-flight, the Navy's Pacific Fleet said on Friday, May 22, 2020 Is also released. The statement and video provided by the Navy said that the amphibious transport dock ship USS using "the first system-level implementation of high-energy class solid-state lasers" to disarm an aerial drone aircraft. Portland appears. The pictures show the laser emanating from the deck of the battleship. The short video clip shows that the drone is seen burning.
According to information received, the Navy did not assign a specific location for the Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) test, saying only that it took place in the Pacific on 16 May. The weapon's power was not disclosed, but a 2018 report study from the International Institute for Strategic stated that it was expected to be a 150 kW laser. As revealed, Capt. Carrie Sanders, Commanding Officer of Portland, said in a statement, "By conducting sea trials against UAVs and small craft, we gained valuable information on the capabilities of the Solid State Laser Weapons System Demonstrator against potential threats. will do. "With this new advanced capability, we are redefining sea wars for the Navy." The Navy says that lasers, called guided energy weapons (DEW), can be an effective defense against drones or armed small boats.
The statement said, "The development of Navy's DEWs, like the LWSD, provides immediate combat benefits and provides the commander with decision space and response options." In 2017, CNN witnessed a live-fire practice of a 30-kW laser weapon aboard the USS Ponce, the amphibious transport ship in the Persian Gulf. At that time, Lieutenant Cale Hughes, a laser weapons systems officer, described how they work. At the same time, Hughes said, "It is throwing a huge amount of photons onto an incoming object." "We don't worry about the wind, we don't worry about the border, we don't worry about anything else. We are able to engage targets at the speed of light." Ponce was removed from service later that year.
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