New Turkish laser gun shoots down drone in live-fire test
New Turkish laser gun shoots down drone in live-fire test
New Turkish laser gun shoots down drone in live-fire test
Turkish state defense company MKE has destroyed a drone at a distance of 760 meters (about 2,500 feet) with a new 20-kilowatt fiber laser weapon developed for its TOLGA close-in air defense system, sc...
The laser can dazzle a drone’s cameras and sensors at 2,500 to 4,500 meters (1.6 to 2.8 miles), blind them completely at 1,500 to 2,500 meters (0.9 to 1.6 miles), and physically destroy a target at 100 to 1,500 meters (330 feet to 0.9 miles), placing the 760-meter shot at Polatlı well inside its destruction range. The turret carries the laser alongside a separate electro-optical sensor unit that finds and tracks targets before the beam is fired.