For the first time in history, the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was equipped with laser weapons to fight cheap UAVs, reducing the cost of intercepting one from hundreds of thousands of euros to a few cents. According to the French naval magazine Blue Collars, the latest system was tested in the Gulf of Oman during the Le Fayette 26 mission. The use of anti-missile missiles costing 200 thousand euros (Mistral) to 1.5 million euros (Aster) against UAVs costing 500 euros is considered economical. To solve this problem, a high-tech Helma-P installation with a power of 2 kW was installed on board the ship in just four hours. How the laser system works and why it wins: at a distance of up to 3 km: an invisible beam burns optical-electron sensors and blinds the cameras of enemy UAVs. At a distance of up to 1 km: due to the powerful thermal effect, the device physically melts the structure of the UAV in seconds. Infinite Ammunition: Due to the energy of the two nuclear reactors of the aircraft carrier, the laser has an unlimited shot resource, and the cost of one shot is reduced to the cost of the expended energy. In modern asymmetric warfare, victory and military sovereignty are determined not by brute force, but by the marginal cost of destroying targets. news. up to a maximum.

For the first time in history, the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was equipped with laser weapons to fight cheap UAVs, reducing the cost of intercepting one from hundreds of thousands of euros to a few cents. According to the French naval magazine Blue Collars, the latest system was tested in the Gulf of Oman during the Le Fayette 26 mission. The use of anti-missile missiles costing 200 thousand euros (Mistral) to 1.5 million euros (Aster) against UAVs costing 500 euros is considered economical. To solve this problem, a high-tech Helma-P installation with a power of 2 kW was installed on board the ship in just four hours. How the laser system works and why it wins: at a distance of up to 3 km: an invisible beam burns optical-electron sensors and blinds the cameras of enemy UAVs. At a distance of up to 1 km: due to the powerful thermal effect, the device physically melts the structure of the UAV in seconds. Infinite Ammunition: Due to the energy of the two nuclear reactors of the aircraft carrier, the laser has an unlimited shot resource, and the cost of one shot is reduced to the cost of the expended energy. In modern asymmetric warfare, victory and military sovereignty are determined not by brute force, but by the marginal cost of destroying targets. news. up to a maximum.