Chinese laser system eliminates small UAVs within minutes

28
Chinese laser system eliminates small UAVs within minutes

Only three countries used armed Drones in combat, despite the fact that a number of world powers and non-state actors possess UAVs. Pictured: An Israeli soldier launches a drone outside the Gaza Strip on July 22, 2014, Reuters/Amir Cohen

Chinese state media reports that the Chinese military has deployed a high-precision laser defense system capable of shooting down small drones flying at low altitude. The technology is expected to be used to eliminate the threat of unidentified dronesflying over urban areas that could be used by terrorists or simply for illegal intelligence activities.

According to reports, the laser defense system has some similarities with the Israeli Iron Dome, and is capable of destroying drones and other small aircraft within an 1,2 radius of a mile within five seconds from the moment they were detected, reports Xinhua news agency.

The report quotes a statement from the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP). One of the developers of the system said that the laser system "will play a key role in ensuring security during major events in urban areas."

The development of the system seems to be taking place against the background of growing concern about the “vile” use of unmanned aerial vehicles. The unmanned aerial vehicle is inexpensive, it is easier to use than most modern weapons. And thus causes concern that terrorists will be able to use drones against the crowd or buildings.

"Intercepting such UAVs is usually a job for snipers and helicopters, but their probability of success is not so high, and errors with accuracy can lead to undesirable damage," Yi Jinsong, manager of CAEP, told Xinhua news agency. The Chinese state news agency also published photographs of the wreckage of small drones that they claimed were shot down by the system, reports France-Presse.

Antiinflammatory laser system can be stationary or deployed on vehicles. As a result of tests, she demonstrated 100-percent performance against drone 30, reports Xinhua.
Our news channels

Subscribe and stay up to date with the latest news and the most important events of the day.

28 comments
Information
Dear reader, to leave comments on the publication, you must sign in.
  1. 0
    24 November 2014 08: 03
    Well, yes, if the drone is made of plastic
    1. 0
      24 November 2014 08: 10
      And what is the principle of action? Burn, blind or heat? what
      1. +2
        24 November 2014 08: 15
        Quote: Nevsky_ZU
        And what is the principle of action? Burn, blind or heat?

        I believe they are heating, the drone loses its shape and tumbles to the ground, if blinded, it will not hurt to continue the flight, the altimeter, gyroscope, GPS will not suffer from this
        1. +3
          24 November 2014 10: 29
          Quote: saag
          if it is blinded, it will not hurt to continue the flight, the altimeter, gyroscope, GPS will not suffer from this

          And what's the use of him if he sees nothing? He has one way, to fly for repairs. If you can find the way back!
    2. Pervusha Isaev
      0
      24 November 2014 08: 22
      the hyperboloid of the engineer sunhunchay can not only exterminate drone musicians, but also shoots at sparrows, as the great helmsman bequeathed and can even serve as a laser show at concerts ... laughing
    3. +2
      24 November 2014 09: 40
      The Chinese have achieved a good result, and could share technology with us.
    4. The comment was deleted.
  2. -1
    24 November 2014 08: 10
    But what about fighting Chinese slingshots ... no longer in fashion? wassat
  3. +8
    24 November 2014 08: 16
    We shouldn't giggle. Large attack planes have been reduced to drones, and a small laser can grow to "Engineer Garin's hyperboloid". hi
    1. +1
      24 November 2014 11: 42
      Nothing like this . It is impossible to keep the energy density in the laser beam stream by scaling the installation. In my opinion, this has already been necessary for a long time and to everyone to understand.
      1. +3
        24 November 2014 12: 34
        Even as it turns out. Do not increase the power of one
        beam, and increase the number of rays focused
        at one point.
        There can be thousands of rays in one laser. And they burn at a given distance
        target at one point.
        1. 0
          24 November 2014 13: 00
          Quite right. Even in the mathematical "problem of the pharaohs" the principles of algorithmic construction of calculations of such rays and the calculation of their "beams" of intersection for the formation of the longitudinal pulse frequency are noted. Moreover, the rays themselves, as energy flows, can be "twisted" to increase their energy "power".
      2. +1
        24 November 2014 19: 07
        Quote: gridasov
        Nothing like this . It is impossible to keep the energy density in the laser beam stream by scaling the installation. In my opinion, this has already been necessary for a long time and to everyone to understand.

        Americans shoot down with lasers not only drones, but artillery shells.
  4. 0
    24 November 2014 08: 25
    Quote: GrBear
    and a small laser can grow to the "hyperboloid of engineer Garin".

    and gold will be sold at 2,5 dollars per bar :-)
    1. +1
      24 November 2014 10: 32
      Quote: saag
      at $ 2,5 per bar :-)

      But do not wait for this! For such a price it should be like dirt in Russia and not only Russia.
  5. +3
    24 November 2014 08: 51
    the system is working, but we can only shoot it out of a slingshot. The laser is more powerful and at least knock down the satellites. And we are all hee hee yes haha ​​and our technological progress is deep ... we’ll frighten it with drones.
    1. 0
      24 November 2014 11: 11
      http://www.rg.ru/2014/06/30/laser-site-anons.html

      http://lenta.ru/news/2012/11/13/laser/

      And read on the topic of MLTK-20 and MLTK-50. At least here.

      http://topwar.ru/39288-mobilnye-lazernye-tehnologicheskie-kompleksy-razrabotki-g
      nc-rf-triniti.html
    2. +1
      24 November 2014 11: 45
      Unfortunately, only specialists know about it. Politicians and the rest of the mass only dream that specialists will come up with everything. Fundamental physical discoveries and their timeliness obey far from the will of man.
  6. +3
    24 November 2014 08: 57
    If someone has nothing to do, then you can heat it up. The simplest solution is to disable optics and electronics. And you need less power and a better result.
  7. +2
    24 November 2014 09: 11
    Yes, technology is improving, size is decreasing, the threat is increasing.
    The question is how to deal with drones. As I understand it, the main thing is to find them
    1. +1
      24 November 2014 09: 13
      The length of the UAV is about 100 mm, the rotor diameter is 120 mm. Its total weight is 16 grams (the manufacturer claims 18), including 3 security cameras. The entire set, excluding the display, weighs less than 1 kg (the manufacturer claims 1,3 kg).

      An autopilot installed on board the Black Hornet allows the operator to control the drone in two modes. The UAV can be controlled either directly by the operator, or act on a route previously laid down in it, remaining on the trajectory thanks to the GPS signal receiver installed on it. The digital data line allows the operator to control the UAV in the line of sight within 1000 m (manufacturer claims 1500 m).

      .
    2. Roshchin
      0
      24 November 2014 13: 38
      It’s your truth, to detect an air target, in this case a drone, is no less important than to shoot it down. You can detect with cameras with video analytics and all sorts of backlights, thermal imagers or radar (multifunctional radar detection and guidance) most likely in the millimeter range. In the latter case, one does not have to talk about cheapness. How the Chinese discovered the targets and aimed them at the laser, in other words about the composition of the system, the CAEP manager Yi Jinsong, showing oriental modesty, kept silent. Also, the wreckage of the drones was shown, but not a video of how they were formed from flying targets. All this testifies to the fact that the creation of means to combat pespilots is on the agenda. And developers in different countries are closely engaged in this problem. We will soon find out and see a specific video, rather than written in black hieroglyphs on white rice paper.
  8. -3
    24 November 2014 09: 11
    Like it’s cool, but we have non-lethal methods of fighting drones and not only small ones. The light elves also know the professor laughing
    1. +1
      24 November 2014 11: 03
      The Chinese have achieved some success in this direction.
    2. The comment was deleted.
  9. +3
    24 November 2014 11: 22
    The laser defense system reportedly shares some resemblance to the Israeli Iron Dome,


    I mean, after all, probably "Iron Beam", and not "Iron Dome".

    By the way, probably half a year ago there was an article here that the US Navy is testing a laser capable of shooting down small UAVs.
    There was a video even:
  10. 0
    24 November 2014 12: 05
    Well, how do UAVs become completely mirrored ...
    1. +1
      24 November 2014 12: 10
      A laser beam is an energy stream. So it can be transformed and put back and on the same beam, which he comes. But there will be misfortune. You attack yourself.
      1. +1
        24 November 2014 16: 20
        Quote: gridasov
        A laser beam is an energy stream. So it can be transformed and put back and on the same beam, which he comes. But there will be misfortune. You attack yourself.

        To school! Urgently! belay
        1. 0
          24 November 2014 16: 36
          judging by login really.
    2. +2
      24 November 2014 16: 27
      Quote: Chatlanen
      Well, how do UAVs become completely mirrored ...

      The laser beam is not a sun bunny. The first problem is the limitation of hatchability over the width of the spectrum and long waves.
      The second problem is energy dissipation and heat dissipation. (The mirror is heated well by the sun.
      A high-energy laser perfectly burns the reflective coating of the mirror behind the glass.)
      1. +1
        24 November 2014 17: 52
        A high-energy laser perfectly burns the reflective coating of the mirror behind the glass

        In the laser installation itself, a beam is also formed using a system of mirrors and prisms. The coating of optical elements simply has to match the laser wavelength.

        Naturally, no one will make "mirror UAVs". It is expensive and impractical.
      2. 0
        24 November 2014 23: 00
        The schoolboy here calculated that having certain parametric properties of the laser beam, it is possible to calculate the break-in moment formed on the longitudinal vector of the directed flow from the source (this is not counting the flow spin). Then even an insignificant impulse intensifying this break-in moment will cause a reverse flow. I can’t say how he will act on the source of this. But what the impact will be is undoubtedly.
        You see, but the fact is that the flight of a high-speed aircraft, for example, can be justified not only by the parametric properties of the engine and the physical phenomenon causing the reactive force vector, but also by the fact that it is possible to level the resistance of any physical medium in the front end, and theoretically create a priority factor, which will control the flow not creating movement, but "falling" into space along the necessary vector.
        And I’ll say that in practice it’s not so difficult. It’s hard to perceive all this. This is yes!
        1. 0
          25 November 2014 08: 15
          Quote: gridasov
          The schoolboy here calculated that having certain parametric properties of the laser beam, it is possible to calculate the break-in moment formed on the longitudinal vector of the directed flow from the source (this is not counting the flow spin). Then even an insignificant impulse intensifying this break-in moment will cause a reverse flow. I can’t say how he will act on the source of this. But what the impact will be is undoubtedly.
          You see, but the fact is that the flight of a high-speed aircraft, for example, can be justified not only by the parametric properties of the engine and the physical phenomenon causing the reactive force vector, but also by the fact that it is possible to level the resistance of any physical medium in the front end, and theoretically create a priority factor, which will control the flow not creating movement, but "falling" into space along the necessary vector.
          And I’ll say that in practice it’s not so difficult. It’s hard to perceive all this. This is yes!


          Why is it difficult to perceive?
          Mathematically, the creation of a generator of space warping, to overcome the speed limit of light, is also quite "not difficult" ... on paper.
          (But applied research promises only results on conceptual feasibility, years through 30. And then another half a century or a century to develop technologies and solutions for energy supply)

          By the time it is possible to implement such protection "in metal", it will most likely be no longer relevant. (Unlike hyperdrive laughing )
          1. 0
            25 November 2014 11: 06
            You are right only in the aspect that, on a modern elemental basis, the construction of induction devices. concentration and transmission of email. current it is impossible to do. And this applies not only to electrical devices, this also applies to devices for converting hydro-gas-dynamic flows. The fact is that no one calculates these devices within the limits of their potential energy capabilities. The same screw or turbine is not considered within their non-destructive mode of operation. For example, induction coils of all kinds. They all have not only density limits of transformed magnetic fluxes, but also algorithms that determine their destruction limits at a certain level.
            Therefore, simple constructive solutions allow cardinally quick and effective implementation of this conceptual feasibility. Actually, all this is nonsense and nonsense on my part. I don’t understand what makes me write all this.
  11. -1
    24 November 2014 14: 38
    which prevents the drone towards the laser beam as a cuttlefish to shoot a cloud of reflective fog.
    1. +1
      24 November 2014 21: 10
      which prevents the drone towards the laser beam as a cuttlefish to shoot a cloud of reflective fog.


      Then, drones need to install laser radiation sensors and an aerosol container. And on small UAVs, the payload is already limited.
  12. 0
    24 November 2014 21: 21
    Quote: Tourist's Breakfast
    Naturally, no one will make "mirror UAVs". It is expensive and impractical.

    In the early 90s I went to a toy factory. In the "barakamera" (vacuum metallization unit) I will put the degreased plastic blanks, evacuated the air and evaporate the metal. At the exit, mirrored armored personnel carriers)) 50 kopecks apiece))

"Right Sector" (banned in Russia), "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" (UPA) (banned in Russia), ISIS (banned in Russia), "Jabhat Fatah al-Sham" formerly "Jabhat al-Nusra" (banned in Russia) , Taliban (banned in Russia), Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia), Anti-Corruption Foundation (banned in Russia), Navalny Headquarters (banned in Russia), Facebook (banned in Russia), Instagram (banned in Russia), Meta (banned in Russia), Misanthropic Division (banned in Russia), Azov (banned in Russia), Muslim Brotherhood (banned in Russia), Aum Shinrikyo (banned in Russia), AUE (banned in Russia), UNA-UNSO (banned in Russia), Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People (banned in Russia), Legion “Freedom of Russia” (armed formation, recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation and banned)

“Non-profit organizations, unregistered public associations or individuals performing the functions of a foreign agent,” as well as media outlets performing the functions of a foreign agent: “Medusa”; "Voice of America"; "Realities"; "Present time"; "Radio Freedom"; Ponomarev; Savitskaya; Markelov; Kamalyagin; Apakhonchich; Makarevich; Dud; Gordon; Zhdanov; Medvedev; Fedorov; "Owl"; "Alliance of Doctors"; "RKK" "Levada Center"; "Memorial"; "Voice"; "Person and law"; "Rain"; "Mediazone"; "Deutsche Welle"; QMS "Caucasian Knot"; "Insider"; "New Newspaper"