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Zitat:Germany Successfully Completes Laser Weapon Testing At Sea
At-sea tests of a laser weapon demonstrator (LWD) was successfully completed following its integration on German Navy frigate “SACHSEN” in June 2022. [...]
During the trials with overall six campaigns lasting nearly a year, the combat effectiveness of the laser weapon demonstrator, or LWD, has been proven in increasingly complex scenarios under realistic operating conditions against different target types. This included all aspects from detection and tracking (including highly agile targets); the interplay of sensors, command and weapon engagement systems and effectors; possible rules of engagement; and of course the successful engagement of targets with a high-energy laser beam. [...]
At the end of the trials, the LWD’s capabilities were successfully demonstrated at two VIP days in front of high-ranking representatives of the Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), the Germany Navy and Army as well as the Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planning (PlgABw), which among other things including shooting down a drone. Also, representatives of the British, Netherlands and Norwegian Navy participated during the demonstration. The huge success of the test campaign was the outcome of an excellent cooperation between BAAINBw incl. its subordinate detachments, the German Navy and especially the crew of the frigate “SACHSEN” and the ARGE. [...]
Complementing gun-based systems and guided missiles, an operational laser weapon system lends itself particularly to countering the threat from drones, drone swarms, speedboats and possibly missiles at close to very close range. In future, moreover, it could undergo a performance upgrade for destroying supersonic missiles, rockets as well as mortar and artillery rounds.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...ng-at-sea/
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https://gagadget.com/de/321554-mbda-deut...mdo8BQELvQ
Die deutschen Unternehmen MBDA Deutschland und Rheinmetall haben einen Kampflaser getestet. Das System wurde an Bord der Fregatte Sachsen installiert.
Was bekannt ist
In der Pressemitteilung heißt es, der Laserwaffen-Demonstrator sei in anspruchsvollen Szenarien unter realistischen Einsatzbedingungen getestet worden. Rheinmetall behauptet, dass der Kampflaser in der Lage ist, verschiedene Arten von Bedrohungen zu bekämpfen.
Der Demonstrator wurde an Bord der deutschen Fregatte Sachsen installiert und führte hundert Testschüsse durch. Das Programm dauerte ein Jahr. Die Tests des Systems bestätigten die Fähigkeit der Laserwaffe, Ziele in einem maritimen Umfeld zu zerstören.
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Laser für den landgestützten Einsatz:
Zitat:MBDA Deutschland develops lasers for infantry and UGVs
MBDA Deutschland is developing the Modular Integrated Laser Optic System (MILOS) for the German Army, the company's head of laser solutions, Doris Laarmann, told international journalists including Janes visiting her company on 27 October.
The system was tested during a campaign at the Bundeswehr's Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Waffen und Munition (WTD) 91 weapon and ammunition technical centre in Meppen in 2022 against door knobs, wire mesh fence, barbed wire, metal plates, and quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at ranges between 25 m and 420 m with a power of up to 3 kW, although up to 10 kW is possible, according to MBDA Deutschland officials.
Laarmann said work was concentrating on a dismounted version of the system, the medium-range 5 kW MILOS-D, which could also be mounted on an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) and which she expected to become operational starting in 2027.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/c4isr...y-and-ugvs
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PERUN über Laser und Mikrowellenwaffen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGzL3fZgPZY
Zitat:For decades, Governments have also been investing in trying to develop systems that operate in very different ways - including directed energy weapons like lasers and High Powered Microwave weapons (HPM). And for decades - very little emerged in terms of deployable, destructive systems.
But on a battlefield increasingly dominated by cheap and precise threats such as loitering munitions, FPV drones or naval kamikaze drones, there is more pressure than ever for forces to leverage recent technological developments to turn concepts into functional, deployable tools for their armed forces.
In this episode, we look at the concepts behind Directed Energy Weapons, ask what advantages and disadvantages they might have compared to more conventional equivalents, and what how militaries might use them going forward.