Chinese laser weapons Light Blade-1 interested in the Russian Federation: will Ukrainian drones be able

Russian businessmen propose to buy laser complexes in China for about $ 1. 2 million. Ukraine would also not interfere with such means to protect civilian facilities, although the characteristics did not impress experts. In Russia, they began to sell Chinese laser weapons to fight drones called Light Blade-1.

The focus drew attention to the announcement in one of the Russian Telegram channels and decided to understand whether these installations are dangerous for Ukrainian drones and whether Ukraine can deploy such means in itself. The Channel (Drone, UAV, UAV) "offers a laser Chinese production system for 114 million rubles (more than $ 1. 2 million) and promises to put it to buyers for six months.

The announcement contains slides from the presentation of the product, which describes its purpose and the main characteristics. It is noted that Light Blade-1 consists of the main module designed to detect and damage drones, a rotary tower, a fixed base platform in the form of a cut pyramid. The laser electricity unit and the cooling system are installed separately.

If you believe the presentations, Light Blade-1 can notice, track and destroy small-sized drones with low speed and flight height yourself or at the operator command. With this laser weapon, manufacturers propose to protect headquarters, airports, oil storage facilities, power plants, state borders, dams and even "important military facilities". Judging from the text, it is intended for use, first of all, within the city, so it adapts to lighting and electromagnetic background.

The co -founder of the Droneua Group Valery Yakovenko in a comment to Focus noted that a wide range of technologies, including laser, was produced in China. Antitoneal lasers are a novelty for the whole world, because in addition to the radiation power of the beam itself, an important moment of focusing over a considerable point at a certain point on a moving object is important.

It is virtually impossible to ensure the accuracy of the laser beam by stabilization technologies, which is why in the West the electronic stabilization system is exacerbated by artificial intelligence technologies or over -capacity, increasing the size of the area of ​​damage on the object. It is not possible to check the indicators stated in the presentation, but they doubt, Valery Yakovenko said.

He would like to find out how accurately such a weapon shoots a uncontrolled laser beam and whether the area of ​​a potential target can be automatically determined. According to him, Ukrainians could use similar systems to protect civilian facilities, but this should be exclusively Western products, since China has restricted exports of high capacity laser equipment, and any of its supply to Ukraine or Russia will be a violation of the law.

"If power is an attainable indicator for China, then the implementation of reasonable stabilization and search for field -tight targets we have not met. We currently believe more in the possibility of using Western installations in Ukraine as the next tool for protecting critical objects. Dragonfire is Among the most likely equipment, such systems can be demonstrated by Ukraine exclusively at critical objects, this is due to the cost of systems, as well as against threats with low kinetic energy.

I can tell, " - said Valery Yakovenko. Recently, the UK Minister of Defense Grant Shappa said that the kingdom was considering providing Ukraine prototype with Dragonfire laser weapons. According to him, the British military wants to accelerate the introduction of these installations by reducing the development process by 2027. They are planned to be installed on warships or on land to improve air defense.

The British claim that Dragonfire is a very accurate weapon, because it is able to hit a coin from a distance of 1 kilometer. It works through focusing 37 laser rays channels with a power of 1. 5 kW, located in a hexagonal array, which are then combined into one super -ray. Lasers are silent, invisible to the eye and very cheap, as one shot will cost about 500 UAH - a low cost compared to the cost of air defense.

Ukrainian military Sergey Beskrestnov ("Flash"), which is well known on radio technologies, reported focus that all laser weapons in the world have been underway since the early 60's, and still, in 60 years, none of the countries have been able to show a working prototype in , run into the series and is massively used. In Russia, the combat laser was announced - the Peresvet Complex, it was announced as a ready -made work product, but the demonstration was not conducted.

It is not clear how it works, what range and what characteristics it is unclear. The Dragonfire system is unique in that it uses technology when many laser rays are connected into a single bundle, and therefore high power is obtained. In 2017, this system was developed, and according to the plan it was to start in 2030. The work is now tried to accelerate, but there is no reliable information how it works, what range has, the power, what goals can impress, how ready for operation.

According to Sergiy Beskrest, Chinese lasers are really possible, but as indicated in their presentations, they can only be affected by the goals only at about a kilometer. Probably, rays can pick up small commercial drones such as DJI Mavic, for example, melting plastic blades. It is unlikely that such a weapon will be able to knock down Kamikadze planes that attack objects in Russia. "I have great doubts that it will be effective against large strikes.