The Americans created a laser ground "anti-aircraft gun"

Yes, laser swords are already a reality, lasers mounted on airplanes are also a reality. Now the US military decided to create a ground (or ship) laser cannon to fight almost all types of aircraft and flying weapons (missiles). By the way, the same gun can also be used for firing, if I may say so, at small ships.

The technology can now be ported to the Phalanx, the US anti-missile defense system, which combines a variety of 20mm cannons and a radar system. According to Mike Buen, the laser will be used as the last line of defense, because the laser cannon does not have a limit of shells, it throws photons (of course, you need a powerful power supply system, but it seems that the United States will have the means to create this).
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By the way, the laser cannon has already been demonstrated, it is shown in the video here via this link (BBC).

Generally speaking, it sounds like science fiction, but really, because there are already laser weapons that fly (as mentioned above), so why not make a ground-based laser gun? The only major problem with this type of weapon is weather conditions. Under conditions of precipitation or simply humid air, the laser will be ineffective. Until the beam reaches the target, it will already lose a significant portion of its power absorbed by droplets of moisture.



In addition, some types of surfaces are also capable of absorbing laser energy.

“Any type of material has a certain reflectivity, but the more powerful the laser, the greater the number of types of materials that can be struck. Unfortunately, there are such materials that our laser power is not enough to hit, ”says Buen. But in tests, our weapon showed itself well, hitting an automatic aircraft appartement that was struck in a marine climate.

"The drone will begin big problems with the introduction of our system," - say the developers of the system.



This video shows the system on which the laser is installed (it itself is NOT installed here yet) .

Here is the source .