Chinese company presents new laser air defense system
The Chinese company Poly Technologies has demonstrated the Silent Hunter laser defense system at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2024 exhibition. It is installed on a military truck, Defence News reports.
This system is called an improved version of the 30-kilowatt Low Altitude Laser Assault System (LASS) and is available in both stationary and mobile versions.
What is known about Silent Hunter
The Silent Hunter is equipped with a fiber optic laser that operates with the help of electric power.
DSA demonstrated several variations with different capacities:
- The smallest one has a power of 10 kW and is capable of destroying targets at a distance of 200 to 2 thousand meters;
- The second, with a power of 20 kW, is capable of hitting targets at a distance of 200 to 3 thousand meters;
- The third, most powerful model is capable of hitting targets at a distance of 200-4,000 meters and has a power of 30 kW.
The Silent Hunter system is designed primarily to track and destroy drones flying at low altitudes at speeds of no more than 60 m/s.
The powerful laser can pierce up to five 2 mm plates from a distance of 800 meters, or one from a distance of 1,000 meters.
Poly Technologies has already announced the successful use of this system, including the first successful neutralization of a Houthi attack drone by the Saudi military.
So far, such systems are only in China and Saudi Arabia, and they work in conjunction with 3D TWA radars.
