I can’t wait to see it in action.
Russia needs to realise just how much they need to find a reverse gear.
MinorIrritant on
I’m stuck on the picture. Does our esteemed drone commander shoot them out his eyes?
nobodysmart1390 on
So let me get this straight, the nazis have Jewish space lasers now?!?
/s
amac1430 on
That blast came from the Death Star!
vert1s on
I really don’t understand the announcing weapons and weapon deliveries that seems to happen. Surely you should not be letting the enemy know your capabilities.
Now we just need to attach lasers to some ill-tempered sea bass and take out the remainder of Russia’s Black Sea fleet.
YWAK98alum on
I at least give this article credit for not burying the lede, like so many breathless miltech articles are prone to do:
>Ukraine has a laser weapon Tryzub, capable of shooting down aircraft at altitudes exceeding 2 kilometers
The appeal of a laser system is that as long as you can track the target and it’s in range, you can hit it; a burst at the speed of light is functionally impossible to dodge, outrun, or deploy physical countermeasures against. The issue has always been range, because energy drops off geometrically as range increases. That’s just physics, and we should be glad of it, because the sun at a mere 147 million km from Earth would fry this planet to a cinder if energy only decreased linearly with range.
So the real issue here is the 2 km altitude (and that very well might mean 2 km straight up, meaning the range is 2 km total). The Russian planes lobbing glide bombs at Ukrainian cities and frontline positions are *much* farther off than that. I’m not sure if a 2 km range would even be that much good at stopping the bombs themselves, though it might be possible to track one well before it came within 2 km and then hit it as soon as it was within range. The issue at that point would become cycling/cooldown and whether a 2 km-range laser point defense system could actually fire enough times in short succession to make the short range less of an issue. But we’re probably not even at the point of being able to have that conversation in any kind of mission-relevant way yet.
yoho808 on
I hope they can further develop it to shoot down any incoming missiles as well.
alex_484 on
Can’t outrun the speed of light 😂😂😂🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
GyspySyx on
Cool.
UNX-D_pontin on
you dont need a lazer that can cut at that distance to down a drone, you can just use a high powered lazer to destroy the optics and blind it
Square-Try3474 on
We’ve had that on naval ships but they’re not as effective as you think. They will work but that can easily be dealth with using reflective shielding
sam0m0 on
This ukraine mothership that release smaller drones sounds like what the NJ congressman Jeff van drew said about Iran’s mothership
shaolinspunk on
Maybe they can hire it out to the US and solve their drone problem.
HouseDowntown8602 on
That’s the uk navy sys adapted for land use. (I think)
Alpha_Majoris on
Having Laser Dome around cities and energy plants and factories, that would turn the tables. But you would need thousands I’m afraid. No matter what, this is a good defensive development.
SmoothOperator89 on
Ngl, I wish this stuff didn’t get announced, but instead, Russian planes just started falling out of the sky. “Unveiling” it just comes across as showing off a proof of concept that can do something under controlled test conditions but is nowhere close to production ready, let alone ready for tactical use.
LiamLiver on
Slava Ukraini !
Sad_Food9258 on
Wonderful!
forthehundredthtime on
I can’t believe that the world is again innovating weapons at the pace of WWI and WWII. Just a few years ago it seemed that there was no need to come up with any new weapons once you have nuclear bomb and that nations with nuclear weapons can help prevent wars. but it seems now that all of the nuclear arsenal of ALL countries is pretty much useless, because it’s not preventing any wars and east of Ukraine already looks like 100 atomic bombs have been dropped there.
Inglorious555 on
Isn’t this something that Russia said they had years ago but we’ve not seen any evidence of that being the case?
Whilst Russia lies.. Ukraine innovates
Top-Stop7655 on
Fuck yeah
frenchosaka on
Letting this war go on and on is allowing both the Russians and Ukrainians come up with technology that will forever change the way people conduct war and new ways to create terror. I wish the West would have given all the support Ukraine needed early on.. harder sanctions and every weapon they desired.
AbraKadabraLorazepam on
Have they considered sharks? Sharks with freakin laser beams attached to their heads?
Shillfinger on
If they keep this up, soon NATO will ask them gently to join the club. They´re not only masters in advanced warfare, they even manage to do it for a fraction of the cost. Western press should bring this out..
NY_State-a-Mind on
Really hope this is able to start shooting things down immediatley
likethebank on
It could be a laser pointer strapped on to a bird and it would still blind the Russians.
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Somehow, I have doubts
I can’t wait to see it in action.
Russia needs to realise just how much they need to find a reverse gear.
I’m stuck on the picture. Does our esteemed drone commander shoot them out his eyes?
So let me get this straight, the nazis have Jewish space lasers now?!?
/s
That blast came from the Death Star!
I really don’t understand the announcing weapons and weapon deliveries that seems to happen. Surely you should not be letting the enemy know your capabilities.
Maybe the UK gave them something.
[Dragonfire?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonFire_%28weapon%29#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe_UK_envisages_high-energy%2Cand_a_Wolfhound_armoured_vehicle.?wprov=sfla1)
Shhh why release this information?
Now we just need to attach lasers to some ill-tempered sea bass and take out the remainder of Russia’s Black Sea fleet.
I at least give this article credit for not burying the lede, like so many breathless miltech articles are prone to do:
>Ukraine has a laser weapon Tryzub, capable of shooting down aircraft at altitudes exceeding 2 kilometers
The appeal of a laser system is that as long as you can track the target and it’s in range, you can hit it; a burst at the speed of light is functionally impossible to dodge, outrun, or deploy physical countermeasures against. The issue has always been range, because energy drops off geometrically as range increases. That’s just physics, and we should be glad of it, because the sun at a mere 147 million km from Earth would fry this planet to a cinder if energy only decreased linearly with range.
So the real issue here is the 2 km altitude (and that very well might mean 2 km straight up, meaning the range is 2 km total). The Russian planes lobbing glide bombs at Ukrainian cities and frontline positions are *much* farther off than that. I’m not sure if a 2 km range would even be that much good at stopping the bombs themselves, though it might be possible to track one well before it came within 2 km and then hit it as soon as it was within range. The issue at that point would become cycling/cooldown and whether a 2 km-range laser point defense system could actually fire enough times in short succession to make the short range less of an issue. But we’re probably not even at the point of being able to have that conversation in any kind of mission-relevant way yet.
I hope they can further develop it to shoot down any incoming missiles as well.
Can’t outrun the speed of light 😂😂😂🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
Cool.
you dont need a lazer that can cut at that distance to down a drone, you can just use a high powered lazer to destroy the optics and blind it
We’ve had that on naval ships but they’re not as effective as you think. They will work but that can easily be dealth with using reflective shielding
This ukraine mothership that release smaller drones sounds like what the NJ congressman Jeff van drew said about Iran’s mothership
Maybe they can hire it out to the US and solve their drone problem.
That’s the uk navy sys adapted for land use. (I think)
Having Laser Dome around cities and energy plants and factories, that would turn the tables. But you would need thousands I’m afraid. No matter what, this is a good defensive development.
Ngl, I wish this stuff didn’t get announced, but instead, Russian planes just started falling out of the sky. “Unveiling” it just comes across as showing off a proof of concept that can do something under controlled test conditions but is nowhere close to production ready, let alone ready for tactical use.
Slava Ukraini !
Wonderful!
I can’t believe that the world is again innovating weapons at the pace of WWI and WWII. Just a few years ago it seemed that there was no need to come up with any new weapons once you have nuclear bomb and that nations with nuclear weapons can help prevent wars. but it seems now that all of the nuclear arsenal of ALL countries is pretty much useless, because it’s not preventing any wars and east of Ukraine already looks like 100 atomic bombs have been dropped there.
Isn’t this something that Russia said they had years ago but we’ve not seen any evidence of that being the case?
Whilst Russia lies.. Ukraine innovates
Fuck yeah
Letting this war go on and on is allowing both the Russians and Ukrainians come up with technology that will forever change the way people conduct war and new ways to create terror. I wish the West would have given all the support Ukraine needed early on.. harder sanctions and every weapon they desired.
Have they considered sharks? Sharks with freakin laser beams attached to their heads?
If they keep this up, soon NATO will ask them gently to join the club. They´re not only masters in advanced warfare, they even manage to do it for a fraction of the cost. Western press should bring this out..
Really hope this is able to start shooting things down immediatley
It could be a laser pointer strapped on to a bird and it would still blind the Russians.