China unveils laser to shoot down low-flying drones: Report

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[h=2]The machine has a two-kilometre range and can bring down "various small aircraft" within five seconds of locating its target, the official Xinhua news agency said.[/h]

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BEIJING: China has developed a highly accurate laser weapon system that can shoot down light drones at low altitude, state media reported. The machine has a two-kilometre range and can bring down "various small aircraft" within five seconds of locating its target, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing a statement by the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), one of the developers.


Xinhua showed pictures of large metal boxes in camouflage paint and the wreckage of a small drone, some of it burning. It is expected to "play a key role in ensuring security during major events in urban areas" and address concerns on unlicensed mapping activities, according to Xinhua. It is effective up to a maximum altitude of 500 metres and against aircraft flying at up to 50 metres per second (112 mph), Xinhua said.


It cited Yi Jinsong, a manager with China Jiuyuan Hi-Tech Equipment Corp, a firm under the academy, as saying that small-scale, unmanned drones were relatively cheap and easy to use, making them a likely choice for terrorists. "Intercepting such drones is usually the work of snipers and helicopters, but their success rate is not as high and mistakes with accuracy can result in unwanted damage," he said.


The system, which can be installed on vehicles, shot down more than 30 drones in a recent test with a "100 per cent success rate" said the CAEP statement. The academy is developing similar laser security systems with greater power and range, Xinhua said in its report late Sunday.


China typically deploys tight security for domestic political meetings, international conferences and sports events, looking to prevent public protests over issues such as illegal land seizures and corruption as well as any threats to the participants.




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China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

HUAT AH!

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http://m.timesofindia.com/world/chi...an-counter-US-drones/articleshow/45023860.cms


China's new laser weapon may help Pakistan counter US drones
Saibal Dasgupta,TNN | Nov 3, 2014, 06.14PM IST
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BEIJING: China claimed on Monday it has developed a highly accurate laser weapon system that can shoot down small aircraft and drones within seconds.

This important development opens up the possibility of the weapon being exported to China's close ally, Pakistan, which has been battling drone attacks by the United States, informed sources said.

China's laser weapons' programme is already a cause of worry for the western nations.

But a senior Chinese official said that the laser weapon will actually be used against terrorist using drones, and for checking the growing menace of mapping agencies.

These agencies use low-flying aircrafts to map areas that the government does not want revealed.

"Intercepting such drones is usually the work of snipers and helicopters, but their success rate is not as high and mistakes with accuracy can result in unwanted damage," Yi Jinsong, a manager with China's Jiuyuan Hi-Tech Equipment Corp, a firm under the China Academy of Engineering Physics told the official Xinhua news agency.

He said that small-scale, unmanned drones were relatively cheap and easy to use, making them a likely choice for terrorists.

The weapon, which can be installed on vehicles, shot down more than 30 drones in a recent test with a "100 per cent success rate" the CAEP statement said.

The new weapon has a range of two kilometres, which makes it capable of shooting down "various small aircraft" within five seconds of locating the target, the statement further said.

The weapon is expected to "play a key role in ensuring security during major events in urban areas" and address concerns on unlicensed mapping activities, the official Xinhua news agency said.

It is effective against aircraft flying at up to 50 metres per second up to a maximum altitude of 500 metres, Xinhua said.

The CAEP said it is developing similar laser security systems with greater power and range, according to Xinhua.

 

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Taliban extremely happy?

 

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Re: China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

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中国激光炮令外媒惊讶 5秒击落敌机
11-05 15:59 参考消息网
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参考消息网11月5日报道*外媒称，据中国官方的新华社报道，中国研制出一种激光防御系统可击落低空飞行的小型无人机。

据美国有线电视新闻国际公司网站11月3日报道，这种武器可打击半径1.2英里（约合2公里）范围内的目标。其设计者中国工程物理研究院的研究人员说，这种激光炮可在发现无人机后5秒内将其击落。

根据设计，这种《星球大战》风格的武器可在地面部署或装在运载工具上。

据新华社报道，这种激光炮可击落目前在消费市场很容易获得的小型无人机。小型无人机价格低、噪音小、易发射，是恐怖分子和间谍的完美武器。

中国工程物理研究院在给新华社的一份声明中说，这种激光炮将为人口密集地区的重大活动提供安保。它可击落以最高时速112英里（约合180公里）、在1600英尺（约合500米）以下高度飞行的无人机。

许多无人机都符合这种描述，包括“鹦鹉”系列四旋翼无人机和传统的H-King“黑翼”无人机。

据新华社报道，在最近测试中，这种激光炮击落了无人机30多架次，击落率100％。中国政府希望，利用该系统未来不用出动警察和军事人员就能击落构成威胁的无人机。

中国工程物理研究院称，正在研制比这种激光炮功率更高、射程更远的版本。

未来战争将越来越依赖无人运载工具，这种激光炮将使中国军队为未来战争做好准备。例如，美军已严重依赖军用无人机来打击也门、巴基斯坦和“伊斯兰国”的武装分子；美国海军还计划组建无人艇编队。

在激光武器方面，美国也有类似计划。今年夏天，美军在“庞塞”号两栖船坞运输舰上部署了一台激光炮原型机。

另据德国《明镜》周刊网站11月3日报道，有些科学家从儿时起就梦想造出激光武器，但这没有科幻小说中那么容易——尤其是因为激光能耗巨大。尽管如此，激光武器已不再是幻想。2009年，波音公司曾展示一辆安装了激光炮的吉普车，这门激光炮击落了数架无人机。

现在，中国的物理学家显然也研发出一套类似系统。新华社报道，这种激光武器可在5秒内击落小型无人机。新华社展示了涂有迷彩的大金属箱和地面上破损的无人机的图片。

中国工程物理研究院的工作人员说，小型无人机比较便宜，操作简单，因此可能为恐怖分子所利用。波音在推出其防御无人机的激光炮时也提出了类似说法。过去几天法国核电站上空出现神秘飞行器一事表明，这种情形绝对可能出现。

俄罗斯《观点报》网站11月3日报道称，中国专家成功完成了旨在摧毁小型无人飞行器的激光武器测试。据中国工程物理研究院的设计专家介绍，这一系统名为“低空卫士”。

中国工程物理研究院表示，这是首次用激光技术拦截“低、慢、小”目标。以往的拦截手段以狙击和直升机为主。但成功率低且有可能会造成附带杀伤，可能对地面建筑和人群造成危害，因此不太适合在城市环境和重大活动中应用。

另外，以轻型、超轻型无人飞机、航模、三角翼等为代表的“低、慢、小”目标成本低廉、容易获取、操作方便，极易被暴恐分子利用。某些无资质、未经审批的利用航模进行地面测绘的行为也对军、民空中秩序造成不小的影响和损失。

据印度《印度时报》网站11月3日报道，中国3日宣布，它已研发出一种高精度激光武器系统，该系统能在几秒钟内击落小型飞行器和无人机。

消息人士说，这一情况很重要，因为中国可能将这种武器出口给其亲密盟友巴基斯坦。巴基斯坦一直在抵抗美国发动的无人机袭击。

中国的激光武器项目已在西方国家中引发了忧虑。

 

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http://m.timesofindia.com/world/chi...an-counter-US-drones/articleshow/45023860.cms

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BEIJING: China claimed on Monday it has developed a highly accurate laser weapon system that can shoot down small aircraft and drones within seconds.

This important development opens up the possibility of the weapon being exported to China's close ally, Pakistan, which has been battling drone attacks by the United States, informed sources said.

China's laser weapons' programme is already a cause of worry for the western nations.

But a senior Chinese official said that the laser weapon will actually be used against terrorist using drones, and for checking the growing menace of mapping agencies.

These agencies use low-flying aircrafts to map areas that the government does not want revealed.

"Intercepting such drones is usually the work of snipers and helicopters, but their success rate is not as high and mistakes with accuracy can result in unwanted damage," Yi Jinsong, a manager with China's Jiuyuan Hi-Tech Equipment Corp, a firm under the China Academy of Engineering Physics told the official Xinhua news agency.

He said that small-scale, unmanned drones were relatively cheap and easy to use, making them a likely choice for terrorists.

The weapon, which can be installed on vehicles, shot down more than 30 drones in a recent test with a "100 per cent success rate" the CAEP statement said.

The new weapon has a range of two kilometres, which makes it capable of shooting down "various small aircraft" within five seconds of locating the target, the statement further said.

The weapon is expected to "play a key role in ensuring security during major events in urban areas" and address concerns on unlicensed mapping activities, the official Xinhua news agency said.

It is effective against aircraft flying at up to 50 metres per second up to a maximum altitude of 500 metres, Xinhua said.

The CAEP said it is developing similar laser security systems with greater power and range, according to Xinhua.
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A parade in Tiananmen Square. The laser system is expected to ‘play a key role in ensuring security during major events in urban areas’. Photograph: Vincent Thian/AP
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China has developed a highly accurate laser weapon system that can shoot down light drones at low altitude, state media reported.

The machine has a 1.2-mile range and can bring down “various small aircraft” within five seconds of locating its target, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing a statement by the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), one of the developers.

Xinhua showed pictures of large metal boxes in camouflage paint and the wreckage of a small drone, some of it burning.

The laser system is expected to “play a key role in ensuring security during major events in urban areas” and address concerns on unlicensed mapping activities, according to Xinhua. It is effective up to a maximum altitude of 500 metres and against aircraft flying at up to 50 metres per second (112mph), Xinhua said.

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It cited Yi Jinsong, a manager with China Jiuyuan Hi-Tech Equipment Corp, as saying that small-scale, unmanned drones were relatively cheap and easy to use, making them a likely choice for terrorists.

“Intercepting such drones is usually the work of snipers and helicopters, but their success rate is not as high and mistakes with accuracy can result in unwanted damage,” he said.

The system, which can be installed on vehicles, shot down more than 30 drones in a recent test with a “100% success rate” said the CAEP statement.

The academy is developing similar laser security systems with greater power and range, Xinhua said in its report on Sunday.

China typically deploys tight security for domestic political meetings, international conferences and sports events, looking to prevent public protests over issues such as illegal land seizures and corruption as well as any threats to the participants

 

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Re: China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

4 yr old report:


http://www.bbsradio.com/cgi-bin/webbbs/webbbs_config.pl?md=read;id=10831





By:Moonshadow
Date: 11/22/2010, 9:21*pm
China Advancing Laser Weapons Program
Technology Equals or Surpasses U.S. Capability

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Not only is the Chinese military advancing rapidly in the field of anti-satellite, anti-missile laser weapon technology, but its technology equals or surpasses U.S. laser weapons capabilities currently under development, informed sources have told WorldNetDaily.

According to Mark Stokes, a military author specializing in Chinese weapons development, Beijing's efforts to harness laser weapons technology began in the 1960s, under a program called Project 640-3, sanctioned by Chairman Mao Zedong. The Chinese, he said, renamed the project the "863 Program" in 1979, after a Chinese researcher named Sun Wanlin convinced the Central Military Commission "to maintain the pace and even raise the priority of laser development" in 1979.

Today, Beijing's effort to develop laser technology encompasses over "10,000 personnel -- including 3,000 engineers in 300 scientific research organizations -- with nearly 40 percent of China's laser research and development (R & D) devoted to military applications," Stokes wrote in an analytical paper provided to WorldNetDaily.

China's "DEW (Directed Energy Weapons) research (is) part of a larger class of weapons known to the Chinese as 'new concept weapons' (xin gainian wuqi), which include high power lasers, high power microwaves, railguns, coil guns, (and) particle beam weapons," Stokes said. "The two most important organizations involved in R&D of DEW are the China Academy of Sciences and the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND)."

To underscore Beijing's fixation with laser weaponry, the Hong Kong Standard reported Nov. 15 that the Chinese have developed a laser-based anti-missile, anti-satellite system.

"China's system shoots a laser beam that destroys the [guidance systems] and causes the projectile to fall harmlessly to the ground," the paper said...

"The Clinton administration allowed the export of advanced radiation-hardened microchip technology, vital electronic components for military satellites and nuclear weapons, to Russia and China," Smith wrote. The technology allowed China to build air-defense laser systems powerful enough to deliver an "estimated...10,000 watts of output power on a target up to 500 miles away." Smith said the Chinese are preparing to deploy "an even more powerful ground-based laser by the year 2000."

The Pentagon declined to comment on current Chinese laser weapons development, but most experts who spoke with WorldNetDaily believe the Chinese have obtained advanced laser technology from multiple sources. They also believe Beijing is involved in an ongoing plan to "acquire" new laser weapons technologies either by producing them domestically, buying them or through espionage.

William Triplett II, co-author of the Chinese espionage bestseller, "Year of the Rat," and a new book detailing Chinese military prowess called "Red Dragon Rising," said he believed Beijing may have stolen some U.S. ASAT and laser technology, but indicated that in the end that may prove to be a small part of their developmental process.

"Right now the Chinese are in the cat-bird seat," he said. "They have holes in their capabilities, but they have access to cutting-edge military technology from both Russia and the U.S. What they couldn't get from us they have bought from Moscow."

LINK:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=1862

 

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Re: China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

Bery gooda.....

 

[johnny333]

Re: China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

Prez Ronald Reagan spent plenty of tax dollars $$$$ on the Star Wars program. It was an expensive program & I'm sure the money could have been used elsewhere. Really surprised that Mao wasted so much $ on such a program. They could have stolen the secrets.

 

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Re: China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

if Pakistan use lasers then mah at war with US..................won't happen one..............

so what if the US kills a couple thousand poor civilians a year ?..............Pakistan govt might just thank the US for it !

 

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Re: China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

These days very crucially important to shoot down all US planes and drones everywhere. Becos US very chicken to fight on ground and thinks drones can fight on their behalf. The missiles similar w that shot down MH17 can shoot down huge US strategic transport for troops and war supplies and weapons e.g. Galexy C-5. Very important to give huge losses and death tolls to Pentagon and White House. Must make and sell alot of these.

Laser is extremely good because you only need common fuel to generate electrical power you can keep shooting until Pentagon ran out of planes n drones. You don't need any ammo re-supply and never will run out of missile. As long as you can generate electricity you can fire laser weapons. You never need time to reload ammo / missile. SHIOK!

Became MH-17

 

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Re: China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

Laser is good to light up jet fuel tanks at the wings. Kills injures or blind the polits. Damage controls of cockpit. Explodes weapons on board aircrafts. FASTER than missiles and can be fired without radar just optical sight is enough.

 

[antibastard]

Re: China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

Instant cockpit fire by laser is good idea. Helps pilots to overcome the strickly no smoking on flight rules. Free Dunhill tobaco.

 

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Re: China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

the report says the laser has a range of 2km.....wtf? why dont u use it to shoot ping pong balls?even wwii flak cannons have longer range than that.

 

[obama.bin.laden]

Re: China offer high tech laser weapon to Pakistan to shoot down USAF strike drones

the report says the laser has a range of 2km.....wtf? why dont u use it to shoot ping pong balls?even wwii flak cannons have longer range than that.

Karachi can not afford high end models. Beijing also may not want to export stategic arms.