Il Regno Unito conferma l’arma laser DragonFire in grado di uccidere i droni per i cacciatorpediniere della Royal Navy entro il 2027: il laser abbatte droni ad alta velocità a 400 miglia orarie, costa $ 13 per colpo
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/uk-confirms-dragonfire-laser-weapon-for-royal-navy-destroyers-by-2027
di ABoutDeSouffle
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>The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the DragonFire high-energy laser weapon will be installed on Royal Navy Type 45 destroyers by 2027, five years ahead of the original schedule.
>The MoD has claimed that each shot costs approximately £10 in energy consumption. In contrast, Aster interceptor missiles fired from the Type 45’s existing Sea Viper system cost hundreds of thousands of pounds per round
Not a moment too soon, I hope other Western navies have similar systems in late-stage evaluation.
Damn it’s going to look like Star Wars out there. 13$ a shot is CHEAP. How does it perform in the rain and fog ?
Shoot, what are we gonna do about 401mph drones? Faster laser?
You’ll want to speed this up
>DragonFire, which the MoD states can strike a coin-sized target from one kilometer away, is a 50 kW-class fiber-combined laser developed by MBDA UK in partnership with Leonardo UK, QinetiQ, and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL).
>costs $13 per shot
Wow! That’ so cheap!!
Nice framing you got there…
Now tell us how much $ per kill?
It really feels like playing StarCraft and you gotta up your tech tree to counter whatever new thing the Zerg is throwing at you in the arms race
It’s great but also also a last resort.
Kill range is up to c. 3km which for a 400mph drone is c. 16 seconds from impact and it requires line of sight. Now throw in a swarm of drones and it’ll be quickly overwhelmed before it can kill them all.
What we need is cheaper solutions to kill drones from range, and those are generally still kinetic.
How many drones can it shoot at simultaneously?
Its performed massively above expectations during testing and is now being rolled out into active service a full half decade ahead of schedule.
I could see these not only on ships, but just set up around population centers as an anti-drone shield
Hope it isn’t defeated by something as simple as a coat of silver paint.
Gotta start making $5 drones.
Or invade the UK using a fleet of cheap flying disco-balls.
$13 per shot? Ok Let’s say that’s true. How much does this dragon fire laser thing cost?
Dracarys!
So around £6, and falling.
Before it’s ready – you can probably buy a better one on Temu