The idea is that start using next year, although at the moment it is not confirmed officially.
A system that eliminates any air threat
It is a weapon that in addition to annihilating drones can also aim and kill artillery ammunition, a weapon that has been widely used in modern warfare for many years.
It is thought that sometime in the year 2022 Four lasers are installed in armored vehicles to eliminate possible aerial threats. The system has already been tested in Texas and would be mounted on the Stryker armored ground vehicle.
The experiments that were done demonstrated that the design characteristics and performance criteria established for the program are the right ones.
It works as follows: the mechanism fires a 50 kilowatt laser to a drone that heats up the surface of the small aircraft. This causes it to suffer aerodynamic problems, turn off your engine, blind the drone sensors or even do it exploit directly.
It is very important to defend yourself against these unmanned aerial systems that are becoming more and more common on the battlefield. There are drones of many types and there are very agile and fast, which makes them hard to reach. Also, they are evolving very fast.
The latest generation weapons are a reality
However, it will also be possible in the future use this laser system from the sky. The United States Army has ensured that DE M-SHORAD will be able to intercept ammunition in mid-flight.
Right now there is a total of four ready devices to start working and being used, but if it turns out to be a success, they will start to produce more in mass.
There is no such weapon right now and the american army needs it to defend against drones and the enemy artillery, so we are not far from verifying its operation in a real situation.
This type of weaponry so powerful, effective and destructive it is already a reality. It is not only the creation of this type of laser weapons, but also others that have already been made or are currently in development such as nuclear weapons or hypersonic missiles.