Laser on rockets and drones. Israel could apply the system about Iron Beam, whether it would change the course of war

Laser air attacks are thousands of times cheaper than launching rockets with the Iron Dome, which does not always intercepts insignificant goals. It is a completely new type of armored technology. But military engineers and analysts doubt that they are being tested under the invasion of Islamist fighters.

The Israeli segment of social networks has spread the video of possible use of the laser missile defense system Iron Beam ("Iron Ray") to intercept rockets running by militants from the Gaza Sector. Video authors say that the advanced system does not have analogues, one of its interception costs 3-4 dollars, and the system about the "iron dome"-$ 50,000. Iron Beam produces a powerful laser beam that affects artillery shells, mines, missiles and drones.

Iron -dimensional goals are not always under the Iron Dome Air Defense. Laser weapons can capture the target at the speed of light and destroy it in 5 seconds up to 7 kilometers. The tahal did not formally confirmed the use of Iron Beam, and Israeli journalist Itta Blumental denied the fact of using this system. There were no missiles with Iron Beam, he said. The Israeli Ministry of Defense could have decided to accelerate the modernization of Iron Beam laser complex.

In 2024, engineers want to test laser 100 kW laser demonstrators the Defense Industry. In March 2022, the Israeli military conducted a series of successful Iron Beam tests, destroying UAVs, mortar shells and anti -tank missiles. Initially, the laser system was planned to be adopted with a tank in 2025, but the invasion of Hamas fighters demanded acceleration of the graph, writes journalists.

According to the military expert of the Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Igor Kozia in the case of the "Iron Ray" system refers to a completely new type of weapons technology-high-energy. "The question is that it is mostly at the stage of refinement in terms of range and determination of goals. If the installation capacity is up to 60 kW, weapons are used against drones up to 2 km. The Germans were. 1. 5 km away, "he said in conversation with focus.

There are no obvious facts of the use of laser technologies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he said. The first tests of laser weapons by the Bundesver to protect against drones and missiles became known on October 27 last year. The tests were conducted on the Saxony frigate, weapons showed the ability to successfully fight moving goals in conditions similar to combat. The project was worked on the project by the European defense enterprise MBDA and the German concern Rheinmetall.

The US Navy successfully tested Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) on December 14, 2022. The military destroyed the boat during exercises in the Gulf of Aden. The weapon proved to be 100%, the fifth fleet of the US Navy. The declared installation capacity is 150 kilowatts, but US experts promised to increase it to 300, 500 and 1 000 kilowatts. A powerful generation of electricity will be required for the laser system.

What generator to put in the installation, such a ray will be, says the focus former testing engineer of the Antonov Design Bureau, aircraft Konstantin Krivolap. "Interestingly, to work against drones, you need to have a power not lower than 50 kilowatts. About 100 kilowatts are already quite serious flow. Objectives such as anti -tank missiles, mines and more require an accurate system of detection of goals, and if it is, the flow of 100 Kilowatt will work well, "the engineer explained.

The expert doubts that the tsakhal in the conditions of invasion of Islamist fighters will be tested by the research specimens of the Iron Beam system. Defense Industry adds that the "iron beam" will not replace the Iron Dome system, but only effectively complement it. In the optimal scenario, after full integration into the multi -level air defense system of Israel, operators will choose: to neutralize threats by traditional missiles, or an economical laser.

"The military and the manufacturer are only available prototypes of laser stations, they are not enough to cover all areas that are spreading threats. It is expected that lasers will only protect the most vulnerable directions for attacks," the authors of the publication summed up. We will remind, the Israeli army during the operation "Iron Swords" for the first time used a new corvette of the class SA'ar 6. The ship struck the Hamas fighters.