the system will be fully operational in 2016.

Global Times - World Wide Web on July 20 reported that British "Daily Telegraph" on July 19 message, in the west coast of California a secret military testing, laser weapons were first used in combat operations in the Navy and down 4 UAV.



Reported that the U.S. Navy and Raytheon Company to develop the technology. Laser weapons will be deployed in future warships, as part of short-range defense. This is the first high-power solid state lasers fired from the ship-borne laser beam, and at a distance of 2 miles of where the UAV hit 300 miles per hour. This set of laser emission device is installed in a radar detection subsystem of defensive weapons systems.





Raytheon Company business through six sets of laser equipment, to a bunch of powerful synthesis of high energy laser, guided by radar to do. And other laser weapons test different is that this new generation of laser weapons used in solid-state lasers,changed the concept of regular beer.", rather than ordinary chemical lasers.



Raytheon vice president of Directed Energy Weapons Mike said: "St. Nicholas Island test for laser weapons is a very important day, which is more real than Star Wars." He said at the Farnborough air show: "Our laser weapons to destroy the UAV, and make them fire. "



Reported that the UAV in the future as more and more frequently may be used for surveillance and attack fleet, it must develop defensive weapons for these UAVs. Be installed under the deck by a laser beam guide system capable of transmitting high-energy beam, high beam only when the attack will be found. Expected, the system will be fully operational in 2016.



(This article Source: Global Times - Globe and Mail)