Laser Air Defense

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.

Laser air defense.

Unveiled at the singapore air show on february 11 2014. 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. 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 system is designed to destroy short range rockets artillery and mortars with a range of up to 7 km 4 3 mi too small for the iron dome. Among the advantages of this device versus projectile weapons is the.