US media: Saudi Arabia has laser weapons from China that can shoot down Iranian Witness drones
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As for the Witness-136 drone, which has performed well on the Ukrainian battlefield recently, many countries have no good way to deal with it. Ukraine, as the party involved, is even more impressed. Even Zelensky admitted that the Russian army has already Found a way to counter Ukrainian air defenses. Since this weapon can carry a 50-kilogram warhead to launch a suicide attack, it must be intercepted in the face of this kind of drone attack. If it is not intercepted, it will be greatly damaged, especially for the Russian military. These drones bombed Ukrainian infrastructure, and the current nationwide blackout in Ukraine is the credit of this drone. Although this kind of UAV flying at low altitude and low speed is easy to intercept, it also has one biggest feature: it is cheap, you can buy one for only $20,000 or $30,000, and the Ukrainian military's anti-aircraft missiles all come from NATO. What is the cost? It would cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to intercept such low-cost drones.
Just when many countries are thinking about how to deal with this kind of weapon in the future, some US media said that Saudi Arabia already has the equipment to deal with this kind of weapon. Last year, Saudi Arabia purchased a batch of "Silent Hunter" laser weapons from China. Saudi Arabia, which had just obtained this laser weapon, quickly put it into actual combat and destroyed 13 Houthi rebels in one battle. A drone successfully launched the "buyer show" of this weapon.
According to the data released at the time, the power of this laser weapon is 30-100 kilowatts. This power allows it to burn through a 5 mm thick steel plate within a range of 1000 meters, and the maximum strike range can reach 4000 meters. . At the same time, the 3D TWA radar mounted on this laser weapon can detect those low-altitude and low-speed flying targets, which happens to be a vacancy for many current air defense missiles, and combined with the laser cannon, it can achieve precise strikes on air targets.
The cost of using this weapon is also very low. Although neither my country nor Saudi Arabia has disclosed any information, the US military found that a laser was fired once during the test of the shipborne laser weapon on the USS Portland guided-missile destroyer. The cost is only $1. The sea base is so cheap. As a land-based laser weapon, the cost will be lower. Maybe the cost is only 1 RMB. After all, when has our country's weapons ever been more expensive?
However, this weapon is not without its shortcomings. As a laser anti-aircraft missile, it needs to carry energy and radar. Therefore, the "Silent Hunter" is relatively large and can only be installed in a container and transported by a truck, not an aircraft. superior. In terms of power, it is still a bit low for modern weapons. Laser weapons rely on high temperature to cause damage, and the greater the power, the more heat is generated in a short period of time. The strike time of man-machine is about 6 seconds, which may be enough to deal with ordinary drones, but now there is the concept of drone swarm warfare, and dozens or even hundreds of unmanned aircraft are dispatched at one time. No matter how powerful the "Silent Hunter" is, he will be beaten to death by a random punch, unable to deal with it. Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, Saudi Arabia adopted a simple and rude method: krypton gold tactic. drone attacked.
Witness-136 on the Ukrainian battlefield, this suicide drone was obviously within the range of the "Silent Hunter" when it launched a strike. From the looks of it, it was impossible to escape the interception of the "Silent Hunter". But to say that it can shoot down all the Witness series drones in Iran, this is still too exaggerated. Others don’t know it, but the United States knows it very well. The Witness series drones in Iran were originally used by the US RQ- The 170 stealth UAV is a prototype for imitation, and the imitation prototype of the Witness-136 is the Israeli "Harpy" UAV.
The Witness-136, which has shown great power on the Ukrainian battlefield, is just a cheap product that uses a large number of civilian products for cost considerations, and there is nothing advanced at all. But Iran has many different versions. The top version has stealth capabilities and can mount missiles for long-range strikes. This version of the drone is not what the current "Silent Hunter" can deal with. , requires a more powerful laser weapon equipped with anti-stealth radar. But no matter what, the US media still made a publicity for my country's export equipment this time. This is not a country that can get this opportunity. Taking this opportunity, our army will show it at this Zhuhai Air Show. For more advanced laser weapons, in addition to Saudi Arabia, there will be many countries that are willing to buy Chinese-made equipment.
Engineer manager: Victor
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