The Wars of the future will be with Lasers.

In a significant step for the future of energy weapons on the battlefield, the UK used a first-of-its-kind test, mounted laser weapon and British Army Wolfhound armored vehicle as part of the LGW programme. Since their invention in the 1960s, lasers have been seen as a revolutionary technology for weapons and they make perfect sense, lasers have the ability to cut at zero, move at the speed of light and can hit multiple targets instantly In addition, the rounds of shooting are practically infinite and cost very little, the challenge has always been to take lasers from theory to practice on the battlefield. An effective laser weapon needs to be powerful enough to cause significant damage to targets and maintain enough focus to complete the task, it must be able to adjust the ace to deal with atmospheric distortions, haze, dust and other obstacles, and it needs to be Robust and compact laptop.

With advances in solid-state lasers and ace combiners that bring together multiple lasers and a single coherent ace, this technology is becoming increasingly viable, the question now is how to mount these weapons on conventional military platforms and integrate them into military plans. battle, recently the British Ministry of Defense in collaboration with Raytheon UK carried out tests at the DSTL firing range in Porton Down. The Raytheon system was mounted on Wolfhound and used to hit flying targets up to 1000 m away. The system is versatile and can be installed on several different platforms. It operates in a command and control pattern allowing integration with conventional radar and surveillance systems. of battle, Raytheon revealed that the equipment is already cleared for combat service with the United States military and was designed to shoot down drones similar to NATO class one drones. The next stage of the LDW program is to familiarize British Army units with this new technology to discover how best to use it in combat, with the successful firing of the first laser weapon integrated into a ground vehicle in the UK, the GSL demonstrated that the High energy laser weapons system is capable of tracking, engaging and defeating targets while mounted on a vehicle proving the technology is ready for the battlefield. The next steps will be the lightsabers and the Phasers and Blasters from Star Wars and Star Trek.