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The most prominent advantages of laser air defense over kinetic air defense are:
1. The cost of electricity needed to shoot a laser beam powerful enough to destroy a drone or missile is significantly cheaper than the cost of projectiles needed for a kinetic weapon to fill the air with enough lead to destroy a drone or missile (Typically, the interception cost of laser is <$5 per air target, while an anti-aircraft shell may cost >$1000 and requires multiple shells per interception to hit an air target). 2. Laser travels at literal speed of light and is unaffected by crosswind nor gravity, therefore laser is significantly more accurate than projectile at hitting moving air targets; Kinetic weapon, on the other hand, needs to constantly adjust its lead to compensate for the crosswind, gravity, and evasive pattern of its target to maximize the hit probability of its projectiles. However, projectile is always slower than laser, combined with the unguided nature of projectile means that it's very easy for projectiles to end up missing the target if the crosswind suddenly changes, or if their target's evasive pattern become too unpredictable.
Recently, more and more countries (at least, Western or West-aligned countries) have started adopting, or planning to adopt, laser air defense into their military.
US has already adopted both of Raytheon's [Stryker DE M-SHORAD (50kW)](https://prd-sc102-cdn.rtx.com/raytheon/-/media/ray/ris/what-we-do/advanced-tech/high-energy-lasers/2022-05/de_mshorad_ws2.jpg?rev=80efe540f8304b17a36beae88fcc0a6b&hash=CA2C67D3A169D158DF8CEF0C831C3B2C) and [laser buggy (15kW)](https://www.edrmagazine.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Raytheon-HELWS-NASAMS.jpg) for army's air defense, [LaWS (30kW)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Laser_Weapon_System_aboard_USS_Ponce_%28AFSB%28I%29-15%29_in_November_2014_%2805%29.JPG/640px-Laser_Weapon_System_aboard_USS_Ponce_%28AFSB%28I%29-15%29_in_November_2014_%2805%29.JPG) and [HELIOS (60kW)](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fa-closer-view-of-the-helios-laser-aboard-uss-preble-ddg-88-v0-b7vbvvto4tca1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1080%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D8c9cd61a93c8c875d369715adcd29dfeb724a87d) for naval air defense.
UK has planned to adopt [DragonFire](https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2024-03/15/full/1710501687-8007.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,size=(826,465)) laser weapon, which has recently passed all air defense tests, into both mobile and static air defense roles.
Rafael's [Iron Beam](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D4E12AQH7d0pm2sGfuQ/article-cover_image-shrink_600_2000/0/1700509648356?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=qmrI23XpJqB_dm-UkXJ9D10D_GDOja4-tChnFGcCNUE) laser system has already been adopted by Israel to compliment its Iron Dome missile system.
As more defense companies continue to make laser weapon more powerful and compact due to improvement in optical and energy storage technology, how likely will laser weapons completely replace kinetic weapons in air defense role within the next 50 years, making kinetic air defense obsolete in the future?
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| text | The most prominent advantages of laser air defense over kinetic air defense are: 1. The cost of electricity needed to shoot a laser beam powerful enough to destroy a drone or missile is significantly cheaper than the cost of projectiles needed for a kinetic weapon to fill the air with enough lead to destroy a drone or missile (Typically, the interception cost of laser is <$5 per air target, while an anti-aircraft shell may cost >$1000 and requires multiple shells per interception to hit an air … |
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Entry Information
- Entry ID: 5550
- Repository: Axioma AXP
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