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There's a few, but they're large, expensive, require a lot of electricity and have limited range; there's the Silent Hunter [0] which is 30-100 kilowatts max po

There's a few, but they're large, expensive, require a lot of electricity and have limited range; there's the Silent Hunter [0] which is 30-100 kilowatts max power but which has a range of up to 4 kilometers. Raytheon has a 10 kilowatt palletized version that can go on a truck bed [1]; I can't find any numbers but it's listed as short-range, so I presume it's only effective at distances of less than 1 km, probably only tens or hundreds of meters. Plus they need to detect the drones first, but there's multiple ways to do that. It likely needs a network of detectors though. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hunter_(laser_weapon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hunter_(laser_weapon) [1] https://www.rtx.com/raytheon/what-we-do/integrated-air-and-missile-defense/lasers https://www.rtx.com/raytheon/what-we-do/integrated-air-and-m...

tguvot 1y ago
Israel published last week that it made a trial run of the iron beam (10km range or so) during conflict with hezbollai. It had 40 intercepts and full operational deployment is scheduled for this year
throwaway422432 1y ago
EOS (Aust) have a 50-100kW system, 4 km range. https://eos-aus.com/defence/high-energy-laser-weapon/ https://eos-aus.com/defence/high-energy-laser-weapon/ What they are good at is target tracking, having started out in satellite communication. Their tracking system paired with a 30mm Bushmaster cannon and proximity ammo is another solution, and there are apparently 160 of them heading for Ukraine to be mounted on M113 and Kozak vehicles. https://eos-aus.com/defence/counter-drone-systems/slinger/ https://eos-aus.com/defence/counter-drone-systems/slinger/