Laser Air Defense System

The ministry of defense announced wednesday it has successfully developed a laser based air defense system.

Laser air defense system.

11 upi the army is evaluating new air and missile defense systems and testing laser weapons after postponing some tests due to covid 19 soldiers from the 3rd battalion 43rd air. The system dubbed lahav or blade of light is the result of a collaborative effort between laser experts from the ben gurion university of the negev the israel defense forces idf and. The regular air defence systems patriot hawk or anti aircraft guns are inefficient the threat is too immediate he said. The potential of the newest combat installation will be 10 12 reflective strikes at the same time experts do not exclude that instead of a laser cannon they can use microwave weapons which are currently being tested by the military.

Israel s laser air defense laser combat one step closer israels two biggest defense companies rafael and elbit made a successful breakthrough in laser air defense they are jointly developing. ק ר ן ב ר ז ל keren barzel is an air defense system which was deployed by israeli defense contractor rafael advanced defense systems on august 17th 2020. New laser system to be tested over coming year is meant to complement the iron dome air defense system to shoot down incoming rockets drones by judah ari gross 8 january 2020 7 32 pm 4 edit. Unveiled at the singapore air show on february 11 2014.

The system is designed to destroy short range rockets artillery and mortars with a range of up to 7 km 4 3 mi too small for the iron dome. Follow ynetnews on facebook and twitter. This system will ensure the successful repelling of attacks by means of air defense and fighters. Moreover qaher 313 underwent its initial tests and is ready for further tests.

The research and design for a home grown laser air defense system has been completed and it is now being mass manufactured in a production line he continued.