India has efficiently demonstrated its functionality to neutralise fixed-wing plane, missiles, and swarm drones utilizing a 30-kilowatt laser-based weapon system, marking a big milestone within the nation’s protection know-how.
The Defence Analysis and Improvement Organisation (DRDO) developed this directed-energy weapon (DEW), which is now prepared for manufacturing and deployment throughout numerous army platforms.
With this achievement, India joins an elite group of nations, together with america, China, and Russia, that possess superior laser weapon capabilities.
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DRDO chairman Dr Samir V Kamat stated: “That is just the start of the journey. The synergy that this lab has achieved with different DRDO labs, trade and academia, I’m positive we are going to attain our vacation spot quickly… We’re additionally engaged on different excessive power techniques like excessive power microwaves, electromagnetic pulse. So we’re engaged on various applied sciences that may give us Star Wars functionality. What you noticed immediately was one of many elements of Star Wars applied sciences.”
“So far as I do know, it’s america, Russia and China which have demonstrated this functionality. Israel can be engaged on comparable capabilities, I’d say we’re the fourth or fifth nation on the earth to exhibit this technique,” he added.
The 30-kilowatt laser weapon system is designed to counter aerial threats akin to drones and helicopters inside a variety of 5 kilometers.
It options superior digital warfare capabilities, together with jamming communication and satellite tv for pc indicators.
Its versatility permits it to be tailored for each ground-based and shipborne purposes, enhancing India’s protection readiness throughout a number of domains. The system is provided with a 360-degree Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensor for exact concentrating on and will be quickly deployed by way of air, rail, highway, or sea.
Dr BK Das, Director Basic (Electronics & Communication System) DRDO, stated: “For the primary time, we’re displaying a know-how in use and its devastation. This exhibits how far we’re getting into our know-how maturity… What you noticed is a very indigenous product of many DRDO laboratories working in synergy with startups, educational establishments and industries. We’re assured that we’re going to attain excessive energy very quickly… We’re planning to deploy comparable techniques with slight modifications on ships to show the potential.”
Dr Jagannath Nayak, director of the Centre for Excessive Power System, and Sciences (CHESS), DRDO stated: “No matter we now have achieved immediately is a superb success, and we now have seen that we now have neutralised fixed-wing plane at lengthy vary after which we now have additionally seen that we now have neutralised swarm drone… with the laser weapon, we are able to neutralise a number of targets. So, this is likely one of the new and rising weapon techniques. It’s a massless weapon and the focus of laser mild falls on the goal and neutralises it. So that is an achievement for our nation and DRDO.”
India’s efforts in directed-energy weapons prolong past the 30-kilowatt system.
The DRDO can be growing extra highly effective techniques, such because the 300-kilowatt “Surya” laser weapon, which boasts an operational vary of 20 kilometers.
This method is designed to focus on high-speed aerial threats like missiles and unmanned aerial techniques (UAS), additional strengthening India’s place in trendy warfare. These developments align with international developments emphasizing high-power lasers for missile protection and counter-drone operations.
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