Defense equipment Department develops targets for laser weapons for drones | New switch by Daily Industry News

The Defense equipment Agency will develop vehicle-mounted high-power laser weapons to shoot down flying robots (drones) by 2023. Unlike missiles, lasers can shoot repeatedly as long as they ensure electricity, so they can cut costs by leaps and bounds and are highly resistant to protein. The output power of the laser in the study is 100 kilowatts, and a small laser of 10 kilowatts is made, which is installed on the actual vehicle of the Land self-Defense Force to start the empirical experiment.

There are more and more cases of drones used for military purposes. Developed to deal with this. As the missile is close to millions to 100 million yen per missile, in addition to the cost problem, even if the drone is knocked down, it is difficult to prevent it completely.

Use the laser there. Because of the speed of light, in addition to being able to cope with the rapid movement of drones, because there is no noise and flame during launch, it also has the advantage that it is difficult to be detected by the enemy. In the case of vehicle carrying type, in addition to miniaturization and lightweight, there is also the question of whether it can cope with the movement and temperature changes caused by vehicles. Through empirical experiments to solve the improvement of output and how to ensure the power supply and other problems.

Laser is a game changer technology juxtaposed with cosmic weapons, networks, electromagnetic waves, artificial intelligence (AI) and so on. The track and field staff supervision department is also looking forward to "looking forward to an early battle."

What we are particularly aware of in this development is the trend of China. While there are powerful drone manufacturers, Swater, which operates hundreds of small drones at the same time, is very capable of attacking. Use a laser against this.

The technology of operating hundreds of drones and freely changing the shape and size of lighting designs has sparked a heated debate in performances such as the Pyeongchang Olympic venues in 18 years. It is predicted that if it is used for military purposes, the "quantity of power" can be used to drill out of the defense network, making runways and radar facilities impossible.

Daily industry news December 15, 2021