New laser air defense can knock down Iranian drones: The system has been tested
He stated that Mafat is now working on the next generation air defense system with lasers. According to Danny Gold, Israeli engineers have already conducted many trials, during which "complex" laser weapons have been successfully used to destroy missiles, mortars and drones, including those that Iran sends to Russia for the task of strikes in Ukraine. But this will only be possible in the future when the army can fully use such systems.
"We can knock UAVs of the same type," said the representative of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. According to The Jerusalem Post, in February 2022, Naftali Bennet, who held the post of Prime Minister, said Israel was much developing his laser technologies significantly and will be able to administer them much earlier than expected.
In January 2023, in an interview with the newspaper, the commander of the Tsagal Avs Kovai reported that laser weapons showed herself well during field tests, so Israeli troops planned to improve it for real use. "Laser protection system is truly great news. It will be both ground and air base. I want to be careful about the terms. In two years we expect to deploy systems along the border with the Gaza Sector to check the effectiveness of this tool," he said. he.
Earlier, they wrote how the Armed Forces learned to fight the Iranian drones of Shahd-131 and Shahd-136, which Russian troops use to attack infrastructure. The forces of Ukraine's defense use different types of weapons and radio electronic wrestling, without giving UAV to reach the target. In October, it became known that Israel provided Ukraine Smart Shooter to Ukraine to defeat Iranian drones. In fact, these are "smart" sights that will identify air threats and accurately bring small arms.