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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]
Ukraine has developed a laser weapon capable of shooting down targets from more than a mile away, the country’s drone force commander has claimed. Speaking at a defense summit in Kyiv this week ...
A new British military laser could be rushed on to the front line in Ukraine to take down Russian drones, Grant Shapps has suggested. The DragonFire weapon, which is expected to be ready for ...
(Reuters) - Ukraine possesses a laser weapon capable of shooting down airborne targets at an altitude of more than 2 kilometres (1.2 miles), the country's drone forces commander said on Monday.
The Ukrainian army are reported to use the Ukrainian KVS G-6, with a 3.5 km range and able to operate continuously for 30 minutes. The manufacturer states that the weapon can disrupt remote control, the transmission of video at 2.4 and 5 GHz, and GPS and Glonass satellite navigation signals. [ 51 ]
Ukraine’s forces have shared videos in the past week showing the use of drones that spew a fiery substance onto troops and terrain below, a possible boost in their bid to press forward with an ...
English: During a trial at the MOD’s Hebrides Range, the DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) system achieved the UK’s first high-power firing of a laser weapon against aerial targets. The range of DragonFire is classified, but it is a line-of-sight weapon and can engage with any visible target.
A second video, posted by the popular X account @Osinttechnical, purports to show a view of the aftermath of the attack from the Ukrainian operations room. In the footage, both thermal imaging and ...