Chinese laser weapon development

siegecrossbow

siegecrossbow

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TheWanderWit said:
I'm curious what the wattage is. I think the highest we've seen out of China is OW5-A50 at 50 kW, but this system is much larger with an entirely different design that seems to emphasize room for power storage.
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LW-60 could do 60KW and we don’t know how powerful the naval laser is but according to Orca it is the most powerful laser in service anywhere in the world.
 
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qwerty3173

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bebops said:
The question is if this can shoot down satellites like starlink or golden dome.
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Anything that can do that level of range is almost certainly non-mobile for currently technology. Though personally I believe it possible to clear the entire orbit using laser stations on the Tibet plateau for instance.
 
doggydogdo

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qwerty3173 said:
The large set has a 50kw energy output. Enough to take out anything except solid metal, so any current non anti ship missile is theoretically destroyable (asm missiles tend to have thick shells for impact)
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Much weaker lasers can melt through solid metal. Having more power means it's more effective at range when the atmosphere has taken some of the laser's energy and the beam has spread.
 
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