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Blue gas lasers are large and expensive instruments relying on population inversion in rare gas mixtures which use high currents and large cooling due to poor efficiency: 0.01%. [4] Blue beams can be produced using helium-cadmium gas lasers at 441.6 nm, or argon-ion lasers at 458 and 488 nm,
A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams. Potential applications of this technology include weapons that target personnel , missiles , vehicles, and optical devices.
Iron Beam is a laser-based air defense system which was unveiled at the Singapore Airshow on February 11, 2014 [11] by Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. [12] The system is designed to destroy short-range rockets, artillery, and mortar bombs ; it has a range of up to 7 km (4.3 mi), too close for the Iron Dome system to ...
DragonFire is a British laser directed-energy weapon (LDEW). It was first unveiled to the public as a technology demonstrator in 2017 at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) conference in London and is being developed by UK DragonFire, a collaboration consisting of MBDA UK, Leonardo UK, QinetiQ and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (dstl). [1]
Singaporean soldier aiming a SAR 21 with laser sight. A laser sight is a device attached or integral to a firearm to aid target acquisition. Unlike optical and iron sights where the user looks through the device to aim at the target, laser sights project a beam onto the target, providing a visual reference point.
LaWS uses an infrared beam from a solid-state laser array which can be tuned to high output to destroy a target or low output to warn or cripple the sensors of a target. One of its advantages over projectile weapons is the low cost per shot: Each firing of the weapon requires only the minimal cost of generating the energetic pulse; by contrast ...
The Gen 3 laser has a number of upgrades that provide improved beam quality, increased electrical to optical efficiency, and reduced size and weight; the assembly is small at only 1.3 by 0.4 by 0.5 metres (4.3 ft × 1.3 ft × 1.6 ft), and is powered by a compact Lithium-ion battery to demonstrate deployability on tactical platforms. Beam ...
In 1984, the company supplied the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department with shotgun laser sights for use during the 1984 Summer Olympics.The company also supplied and supported production of the film 'The Terminator' in 1984 and is listed in the end credits. Laser Products developed its first "SureFire ...