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Turkey announced the successful testing of combat laser

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In Turkey, conducted successful tests of combat laser. According to the Turkish Military Industry Secretariat, the battle laser 20 power kilowatt on the test burned several types of ship armor from a distance of half a kilometer, writes the portal "Nplus1" with reference to Daily Sabah.


Turkey announced the successful testing of combat laser


As follows from the published information, the 20 kilowatt combat laser, developed by one of the divisions of the Information and Computer Security Research Institute of Turkey, was tested on shipboard armor from various distances. According to the developers, they managed to burn through 22 mm of armor from a distance of five hundred meters, and from the same distance burn through three sheets of carbon steel with a thickness of 3 mm each.

In addition to laser power, other technical details about the installation are not disclosed. As previously reported, the Turkish military leadership is planning to use a laser weapons to combat air and sea drones at a distance of up to 500 meters and the destruction of improvised explosive devices at a distance of up to 200 meters.

Earlier, the Turkish company Aselsan announced the successful testing of the LSS laser system, designed to destroy small drones, and also used as a demining agent.
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  1. MPN
    MPN 10 July 2018 14: 08
    +6
    20 kW? somehow it is doubtful ... How much time did you burn? 500m is still not enough ... If only to destroy the IEDs then of course no problem ..
    1. Shurik70
      Shurik70 10 July 2018 14: 20
      +6
      The battle laser must evaporate the obstacle. Its task is to inflict as much damage as possible in as little time as possible.
      An industrial laser melts a metal, limited not by time, but by economic efficiency.
      Judging by the frozen stream of metal in the photo - this is an industrial laser. Against plastic quadrocopters or foam drones, ISIS will fit, against a military UAV it is unlikely.
      1. APASUS
        APASUS 10 July 2018 19: 31
        +3
        Quote: Shurik70
        Against plastic quadrocopters or foam drones, ISIS will fit, against a military UAV it is unlikely.

        Yes, and the plating of plastics of such household UAVs will cost a penny, but whether 20 kilowatts is enough to overcome such a protective layer is not a fact
    2. Gargantua
      Gargantua 10 July 2018 14: 56
      +2
      The Turks do not know how to present their developments. Our president personally represents the latest developments, including a combat laser. Cheap show off is more expensive than fat.
    3. SETTGF
      SETTGF 10 July 2018 14: 59
      +3
      I represent the capabilities of the Peresvet complex with Rimp ~ 1 MW ... !!!
    4. krops777
      krops777 10 July 2018 15: 38
      +4
      And if rain, smoke, fog, reflective coatings then the laser capabilities completely disappear. wink
      1. MPN
        MPN 10 July 2018 15: 54
        +1
        Quote: krops777
        And if rain, smoke, fog, reflective coatings then the laser capabilities completely disappear. wink

        Well, weather phenomena at a distance of 500 meters is not difficult to predict ... laughing
    5. Maz
      Maz 10 July 2018 16: 38
      0
      A lot of things are also written on the fence, but nothing is behind the boards :)
    6. Kuroneko
      Kuroneko 10 July 2018 23: 21
      +2
      Real BAIV lasers in the Earth’s atmosphere are fantastic. And that’s it. Physics, desu. And the laws of the Universe.
      It's like trying to make a “Kalash” that would shoot underwater at its (at least) sighting range of 200-300 meters. With a minimum spread. And so as not to weigh 50 tons.
      Although if the Lunar Wars begin, lasers may come in handy. And what? Another (so far - yet) undeclared War for the Arctic has already begun.
  2. Paranoid50
    Paranoid50 10 July 2018 14: 08
    +9
    Turkey has successfully tested a combat laser.
    In a nutshell: the Turks are tourniquet. laughing
  3. Rusj
    Rusj 10 July 2018 14: 09
    +2
    And they still have not launched the death star into space?
    1. NordUral
      NordUral 10 July 2018 16: 44
      +5
      And why such arrogance? Not so long ago, no one could have imagined that our turner, milling machines, etc. will work on Turkish machines. As at one time no one thought about Chinese cars, machines and much more.
      Arrogance is ruining.
      1. Shahno
        Shahno 10 July 2018 16: 48
        +2
        I always had a question: is machine tool construction more capital and knowledge-intensive industry than aircraft engine building? Or maybe the fact is that somewhere there is something to rely on from the Soviet backlogs, and somewhere everything has long been in the uyu pipe ...
        1. NordUral
          NordUral 10 July 2018 22: 42
          +2
          Our people are still fed by the fact that the Union worked out in the military-industrial complex, and the machine-tool industry was ruined in the 90s and beyond. Our machines are almost gone. And reborn with great effort.
          If you look at the machine tool industry in China, then you want to howl like a wolf with envy.
  4. Simon
    Simon 10 July 2018 14: 26
    +3
    The Turkish military leadership plans to use laser weapons to combat air and sea drones at ranges up to 500 meters and to destroy improvised explosive devices at ranges up to 200 meters.
    So what? UAVs will fly above 500 m, and improvised explosive devices are unlikely to be placed in a direct visible place, usually they are hidden somewhere in a secluded place or buried in the ground. In short, this tuwta is intended only for lighting a fire or for lighting cigarettes! laughing
    1. gukoyan
      gukoyan 10 July 2018 15: 00
      0
      Not a bad lighter))
  5. Mountain shooter
    Mountain shooter 10 July 2018 14: 27
    +2
    This adapted fiberglass for "combat" tasks. 20 kW - not too much ...
  6. Simon
    Simon 10 July 2018 14: 28
    +3
    Quote: Paranoid50
    Turkey has successfully tested a combat laser.
    In a nutshell: the Turks are tourniquet. laughing

    Or kindle! laughing wink
  7. Viktor Afanasev
    Viktor Afanasev 10 July 2018 14: 30
    +5
    Something Turkey has intensified in recent years ... Grandmas have raised on our tourists ...
    The largest NATO army is next to us ... Not good ...
    1. Rusj
      Rusj 10 July 2018 14: 32
      +1
      They were most of us bits! Unlike others.
  8. Butchcassidy
    Butchcassidy 10 July 2018 14: 36
    0
    The Turks are good fellows who do not stand still, but so far they have neither a technological school, nor corresponding competencies in many issues that they are trying to develop.

    Water sharpens the stone, everything must be done quietly, but the production of real competitive high-tech military products is still very far away.

    As an example: not so long ago there was evidence that translations of scientific articles in one small Greece are many times more than in the entire Muslim world. And the lion's share in the scientific Muslim world is rightfully occupied by Iran, and not Turkey at all.

    From what I know first hand: at one international scientific conference in 2015, the Turkish delegation presented its advanced developments. Our delegates politely listened to them, but noted to themselves - their advanced technologies - this is the maximum level of Soviet developments of the 50-60s.
    1. NordUral
      NordUral 10 July 2018 16: 46
      +1
      They master competencies, and we lose one by one.
      1. Butchcassidy
        Butchcassidy 10 July 2018 18: 26
        +1
        Quote: NordUral
        They master competencies, and we lose one by one.

        Do not worry, I will answer you with the words of Pushkin:
        ...
        Is Russia strong? War and pestilence
        And riot, and external storms pressure
        She was shaken, raging,
        Look w: everything is worth it!
  9. Alexey-74
    Alexey-74 10 July 2018 14: 41
    0
    Turks and a laser? they made fun ........... laughing
  10. parusnik
    parusnik 10 July 2018 14: 59
    +1
    The diagram, probably from A. Tolstoy’s novel, was taken by the Engineer Garin Hyperboloid ...
    1. voyaka uh
      voyaka uh 11 July 2018 00: 56
      +1
      Alexey Tolstoy predicted everything very accurately there. Especially the "pyramids", like laser power supply. Now they are supercapacitors. You can make a “tape” out of them and shoot successively with pulses, like a machine gun.
  11. gromoboj
    gromoboj 10 July 2018 15: 05
    0
    500m and 22mm is serious. Heavy machine guns did not even dream of this.
    1. Rusj
      Rusj 10 July 2018 15: 17
      0
      And the time that was spent on burning the armor that did not indicate. To effectively need instant burning of armor. And that judging by the streams of metal lasted more than one second. This hat is not news.
      20 kilowatts is equal to 20 volt-amperes! :)
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  13. tekinoral
    tekinoral 10 July 2018 15: 44
    +2

    Successful trials in Turkey
  14. CAT BAIYUN
    CAT BAIYUN 10 July 2018 18: 46
    +3
    20 kW for a combat laser is somehow not serious ... Russia is the only country, so far, which has already adopted an installation with a capacity of 1 MW. I can be mistaken in the exact figure, but this is an indisputable fact. And no one has anything like it. Such is the "gas station country" as the great Smoked Man said ... makes lasers for himself, launches rockets .. well, bullshit .. We are backward laughing
    1. voyaka uh
      voyaka uh 11 July 2018 01: 06
      +1
      What megawatts? For effective short-range missile defense, 80-120 kW is enough.
      The power supply is placed in a short sea container. This is if on land. Or for him, enough power plants of modern warships of destroyers.
  15. dolfi1
    dolfi1 10 July 2018 19: 34
    +1
    And ours, it seems, has already passed the tests; in 2015, it was already at an exhibition in Singapore.
    https://topwar.ru/85065-na-vystavke-adex-2015-v-s
    eule-proshla-prezentaciya-izrailskoy-boevoy-lazer
    noy-systemy-zheleznyy-luch.html
    1. voyaka uh
      voyaka uh 10 July 2018 22: 05
      +1
      It’s important for us to build a laser in the near missile defense. 3-7 km
  16. Voenoboz
    Voenoboz 10 July 2018 20: 30
    0
    Not surprisingly, all countries are developing evenly, there are no super jumps, otherwise a war.
  17. mlad
    mlad 11 July 2018 08: 20
    0
    Back in the 90s, I read an article about the problems of laser weapons - when the metal begins to melt, its reflectivity increases, pairs are released that significantly shield the laser beam and therefore it is effective against aviation where the target is blown, but I think that it will be protected from the laser quite easily, so I do not see any prospects in laser weapons
    1. SETTGF
      SETTGF 11 July 2018 09: 19
      0
      mlad! And from a nuclear-pumped X-ray laser - do you have protection?