{"id":155986,"date":"2024-04-27T10:55:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T14:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=155986"},"modified":"2024-04-27T10:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T14:55:53","slug":"the-us-army-deployed-lasers-to-assist-with-drone-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=155986","title":{"rendered":"The US Army deployed lasers to assist with drone threats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U.S. Army has added to its weapons inventory. A couple of high-energy lasers were deployed to assist troops with combating hostile drones. One had already been in theater; a second one was recently added. Elsewhere, different laser systems are being evaluated in other areas where the US is deployed. With these laser deployments, the Army joins the Navy when it comes to operational lasers in a deployed environment.<\/p>\n

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While the Army’s top general responsible for counter-drone efforts had previously stated that several different laser weapons systems were undergoing “operational assessments” in the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command areas of responsibility, news of the P-HEL’s operational employment marks the U.S. military’s first publicly acknowledged deployment of a working laser weapon for air defense outside of experimental testing.<\/p>\n

The service declined to confirm whether the P-HEL had achieved a “kill” against an incoming drone yet.<\/p>\n

“The Army remains committed to testing and integrating cutting-edge technologies, such as directed energy, as part of its ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of our soldiers and effectively support the United States’ mission,” the Army spokesman said.<\/p>\n

Laser weapons work by converting electrical power into an intense stream of photons that, when narrowed through a beam director, can burn through various materials — like, say, the carbon fiber body of a drone, the casing of a rocket or mortar, or even the hull of a small boat.<\/p>\n

A video of P-HEL testing shared with Military.com by BlueHalo shows an operator using an Xbox controller to reposition the pallet-mounted laser array, then scanning the sky for incoming targets before locking onto a moving quadcopter drone, which soon bursts into flames and drops out of the sky. The effect is quickly repeated on a rocket.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Military.com provides additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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