Laser weapons are coming.

Above: Spaceborne mirrors aim laser beams from Ground-based lasers. (DoD image)

The latest laser technology is represented in the Chinese laser system. That man-portable laser. That fits in a backpack is the tool that could shoot down drones. This means that the laser weapons. They are entering the battlefields. The man-portable laser. It is so small and compact. It can be installed on the roof of trucks, tanks, or jeeps. The AI-based camera system. It can search for drones. And aim that system. Into the drones. The system. It can be used with the same technology. 

That is used in the laser-based mosquito hunting system. The laser-based mosquito trap killed eight mosquitoes in a second. A small-sized compact laser system that uses that technology can shoot down drones. The same system that eliminates pests. It can eliminate drones. If the user knows how to train that system to find drones. And  its laser systems are more powerful.  

The Israeli Trophy system is the rifle-calibre system. That shoots bullets against incoming anti-tank missiles. Those active protection systems are used in tanks and other vehicles. The laser-based version of that system. It can protect aircraft, tanks, and other targets. Against incoming missiles, rockets, and other ammunition. The high-power laser can also be used against enemy  vehicles and troops. 

The high-power laser. That is installed in the high-flying aircraft or drone. It can be used against hypersonic missiles. And satellites. The laser system. It must only cause a small amount of damage to the nose of a hypersonic missile. And that rips the missile or aircraft into pieces. The high-power laser systems are always dangerous. The laser system that drops drones can be installed in drones, helicopters, or even in strategic bombers. The high-precision lasers can also destroy things like incoming bombs and shells. 

Above: Artist's impression of truck-mounted 100kw laser systems. 

This system. It can destroy incoming missiles. And that kind of laser system. They can protect. The high-flying bombers against the anti-aircraft missiles. Those systems. They can be tools. That protects things. Like the jet fighters. B-52, B-1, B-2, and B-21  bombers, helicopters, ships, and other ground vehicles from incoming drones or missiles. The active denial system. Can increase the elder aircraft. And tanks' survivability on the battlefield. 

When we think about things like orbital laser platforms. That purpose. It is to destroy intercontinental ballistic missiles. Those lasers. They will turn. Into very large and complicated things. The solution to that problem. It can be a modular system. There, the laser will be launched into orbit in pieces. Those bites are like satellites. And they can dock with each other, forming a chain. Those satellite chains. They can be kilometers long. 

Another version is that. The rocket. It can launch mirrors into space. The mirror chain.  It can aim ground-based high-energy laser beams precisely at the desired point. In those systems. The laser is on the ground. And it shoots its beams to spaceborne mirrors. Using the relay mirror. The relay mirror on the side, where the beam comes out from those ultra-powerful, kilometers-long lasers. They can aim those beams into the orbital mirrors. The smaller lasers can be mounted in the telescope towers. In those cases. The smaller lasers. They can act as groups. 

The laser weapons are suitable for anti-aircraft systems. But their weakness is that they cannot fire things. Those are behind obstacles like houses or hills. The answer to that problem. It can be found from drones. The drone can carry the mirror. That aims a laser beam precisely at the wanted point. Those small mirror drones. They can aim laser beams over or around obstacles. But as we know. High-energy lasers can also be used to detonate explosives. When those high-energy laser beams hit things like drones. Those systems. They can pump. A lot of energy. Into targets. And if that energy detonates those drones. The detonation. It can be very powerful. And throw shrapnel around. 

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/05/16/dynetics-lockheed-team-beats-out-raytheon-to-build-100-kilowatt-laser-weapon/

https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/ai-eliminates-pests-real-time

https://interestingengineering.com/military/chinese-man-portable-laser-weapon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)

It’s possible that there is no effective defense against Avangard or other hypersonic systems.

The Russian Avangard missile can be more lethal than people predicted. The Avangard is a hypersonic warhead that flies far lower than traditional ballistic missiles. The thing that makes the Avangard so deadly is the plasma layer that forms around the warhead. When Avangard travels in the atmosphere, that system can be visible to IR systems. But those systems can be ineffective against that missile. There is possiblity that Avangard is invisible to radar. The problem with hypersonic missiles is that their flight profile differs from that of ballistic missiles. The regular early warning radars can be ineffective against hypersonic missiles that go straight through. 

The hypersonic warhead follows a wobbling trajectory. And. It can also have evasive mode, which allows it to change its course without warning. The problem with the kinetic energy interceptor ABM is that those weapons must strike precisely to incoming warheads. And that means those weapons can cause terrible damage if they hit early warning radars. A couple of days ago. The Russian military used Oreshenik missiles against the Ukrainian city of Lviv, (and/ or Dnipro?). Those missiles didn’t carry explosives. 

So their effect is based on the kinetic energy. And maybe. That strike. It was some kind of test; the Russians tested the accuracy of those missiles. And if those warheads were quite small. There is possiblity. Those missiles or their warheads are planned to be used against the radar stations. The quite small kinetic warheads can cause serious damage to the early-warning radars. So. There is a possibility that Russians plan to develop. The anti-radiation missile version of the hypersonic Avangard or Kalibr missile. That missile can act as a pathfinder for other missiles. 

This means that the early warning radars at Greenland can be ineffective against the Avangard and submarine-launched Kalibr (SS-N-27 Sizzer and SS-N-30) missiles. The hypersonic technology makes those missiles effective against ground and sea targets. But the hypersonic missile. It can travel thousands of kilometers and also hit airborne targets. If that missile finds them. And things like airborne command posts are targets. The long-range hypersonic missile can be effective against those targets, and hitting the airborne command posts kills the people. Who. Has the right to command fire. 

One of the things that we must realize as a threat is the new Russian missiles. The RS-24 Yars (SS-29), RS-26 Rubezh, and Oreshnik are using the same transporter. The Yars missile is developed from the Topol-M missile. The next-generation modifications, RS 26 Rubetzh and Oreshnik, are actually lighter versions of the Yars. And the question is, why does the Oreshnik missile have an empty final stage? Rubezh carries Avangard warheads. 

But when we think. About. Oreshnik, that violates the IRBM treaty. The question is this: Is that weapon developed for long-range airborne transportation duties? The Oreshnik can be a deadly weapon if it is deployed in Belarus. But there is a possibility that Russia plans to deploy those missiles to Cuba or somewhere in the Caribbean. The Russian forces used those missiles in Ukraine after the attack against Rutin’s residence. 

Those missiles can launch Avangard warheads to the most important military bases in the USA. Russia has believed. Have only a limited number of those missiles. The reason for that can be. In the Ukrainian war. That war eats. Up lots of resources from Russia. This means that components. Those missiles that entered service in the year 2024 are installed in other missiles. 

The thing is that the development. Most of the modern Russian missiles and other weapons started in the Soviet era. There is a possibility. The Kalibr missile had a role as a miniature shuttle or hypersonic, long-range atmospheric missile. This explains why the Topol-M (SS-27 Sickle B) missile has three stages. 

The third and possibly the second stage can be removed. And. They can be replaced with larger sizes. Air-breathing hypersonic cruise missile. Theoretically. There is a possibility. To replace. One or two of those stages can be replaced by Kalibr missiles. The idea is that the rocket drives the hypersonic missile to the edge of the atmosphere. And when that missile starts to dive, the ramjet engine starts. 

Once, there were rumors that Russia was testing the Kalibr-type hypersonic missile. That should be launched from different types of transporters. The conventional rocket. Like the Topol-M missile’s first and (maybe) second stage kick that system. To the short ballistic trajectory. Then that Kalibr missile ignites its engine. The system can be even more deadly than the Kalibr or Avangard. 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avangard_(hypersonic_glide_vehicle)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalibr_(missile_family)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreshnik_(missile)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-24_Yars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-26_Rubezh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT-2PM2_Topol-M