The attention of users was attracted by a US Navy submariner with a laser "rifle"

The US Navy has released photographs aboard the nuclear-powered submarine Minnesota, which entered service in 2013. In this case, attention is drawn not to the USS Minnesota itself, but to one of the sailors, who is captured in the photo.

Users wondered what a US Navy nuclear submarine crew member was armed with. One of the assumptions is that a submariner has a laser weapon.

In particular, it is assumed that the American sailor has a laser "rifle" that can be used to counter unmanned aerial vehicles at the moment when the submarine is on the surface.

In fact, the sailor's weapon captured by the US Navy is GLARE LA-9 / P. The manufacturer describes it as follows: a system for generating laser radiation over a long distance. One of the main purposes is communication. In particular, we are talking about a possible warning of the enemy that he has approached an unsafe distance.

According to the manufacturer, warnings can be sent up to 4 km at night and 1,5 km in the daytime. GLARE lasers have been proven to save the lives of civilians and soldiers alike by applying rapid warning techniques across cultural and language barriers.

The laser beam generated by the installation is green. Built-in optics allow you to observe the object, the same laser beam also acts as a rangefinder.

The system allows you to determine whether the observer of what is happening on the submarine (which in turn is on the surface) is within the nominal hazardous distance to the eyes. If so, the signal is stopped to prevent "accidental" damage to the organs of vision.

The fact is that international agreements prohibit the use of this type of weapon, which can cause irreversible blindness.

In other words, GLARE LA-9 / P is a non-lethal laser device, which is more aimed at warning the enemy or the crew of the ship (vessel), accidentally found in the area where the surfaced submarine is located.

As noted in the United States, the GLARE LA-9 / P laser system "makes it possible to unambiguously clarify the intention of an object that appears in the observation area." In the case in the photo, the so-called "rifle" serves as a guide for the GLARE LA-9 / P.

Comments

[Masha]

Is it a Jedi ???

[NDR-791]

Exactly !!! That's such a super-duper thing. I always thought that a spotlight was enough to warn

[Private-K]

Quote: NDR-791

a spotlight is enough to warn

Times have changed. The "magical" narrow beam laser now has a greater psychological effect.
In addition, it is lighter, smaller, and more convenient to use.
IMHO - you need to make an analog.

[Subtext]

On 941 projects, while L.I. Brezhnev used DAK-2 "Ficus"

[Thrifty]

Masha -no, it's a marine DJ and the laser for the show

[Insurgent]

The laser beam generated by the installation is green. Built-in optics allows you to observe the object, the same the laser beam also acts as a rangefinder.

Rangefinder is the only useful feature in this device. As for the rest, it is just a powerful laser pointer, the "civilian counterparts" of which are entertained and sometimes hooliganized by ordinary inhabitants ...

[tlauicol]

I, looking from the phone, thought: "line thrower", but no - really laser tranclucator

[Dr. Frankenstucker]

... GLARE lasers save the lives of civilians and soldiers alike by applying rapid warning across cultural and language barriers.

Masterpiece.

[Mountain shooter]

These kits are now available from China by mail. The laser is powerful enough to be left without an eye if mishandled.

[Insurgent]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

These kits are now available from China by mail. The laser is powerful enough to be left without an eye if mishandled.

That more than once caused attempts by attackers to blind the pilots of taking off / landing aircraft

And if I am not mistaken, then the British had a similar system of dazzling, but stationary, on the ships of Her Majesty the Queen's fleet already during the Falklands conflict.

[askort154]

We have more serious ones!
"Filin" (5P-42) on ships of the Navy, for suppressing optical-electronic observation and aiming channels., Range up to 5 km.
"Rook 2" - of the same type and purpose + "blinds". Tested on board the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov".

[Dikson]

In the photo in the article, a man is from "Folaut" with this laser carbine ..)

[Azis]

On the Raymarine GPS antenna, the double flag of Ukraine dangles

[iouris]

And the photonic reflector is not painted - a mess.

[Alexander Drobyshev]

Stunned, they imagined themselves as Vikings on a drakkar, attached the "raven banner" to the flagpole

[Saints]

And below is the flag of Ukraine))))

[Alexander Drobyshev]

Although it looks like, the colors are still not the same

But the fact that they hung the "Raven Banner" of the Vikings suggests that they were going to raid, to rob someone ...

[Crash]

applying the fast warning method through cultural and language barriers

Doesn't everyone understand Russian mat?

[Gado]

After reading this article, I always remembered:

[Wladimir71]

the us army successfully masters the military budget. can afford a mobile hospital complete with baby boxes for nursing premature babies, a sterilizer of instruments for 27k and stand on the base in a package for the entire shelf life (about ten years). And then sell all this medical junk at the price of scrap disposal.

[sen]

I wonder if this thing will help against polar bears?