Laser Air Defense

11 upi the army is evaluating new air and missile defense systems and testing laser weapons after postponing some tests due to covid 19 soldiers from the 3rd battalion 43rd air.

Laser air defense.

Laws uses an infrared beam from a solid state laser array which can be tuned to high output to destroy the target or low output to warn or cripple the sensors of a target. The system dubbed lahav or blade of light is the result of a collaborative effort between laser experts from the ben gurion university of the negev the israel defense forces idf and. Israel s laser air defense laser combat one step closer israels two biggest defense companies rafael and elbit made a successful breakthrough in laser air defense they are jointly developing. The laws is a ship defense system that has so far publicly engaged an unmanned aerial vehicle uav or drone and a simulated small boat attacker.

The new laser technology intercepts and destroys theoretically all aerial offensive threats rockets mortars missiles drones and even. Among the advantages of this device versus projectile weapons is the. The defense department s dream of one day using a laser weapon affixed to an aircraft to swat enemy missiles out of the sky is officially dead.