At 10P A Shot, British Army Tests "Ground Breaking' Laser Weapon From Armored Vehicle For 1st Time
Michael Novakhov's favorite articles on Inoreader At 10P A Shot, British Army Tests "Ground Breaking' Laser Weapon From Armored Vehicle For 1st Time posted at 21:51:48 UTC via eurasiantimes.com In a groundbreaking development, British Army scientists and engineers tested a powerful laser weapon mounted on a ground-based combat vehicle. Russia Pushes ‘Aviation Boundaries’ With MiG-41 PAK DP 6th-Gen Fighters; Can It Really Fly By Early 2030s? In the first test of its kind conducted in the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), and Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) successfully tested Raytheon’s High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) mounted on a British Army fighting vehicle. The laser weapon was fitted on a British Army Wolfhound armored vehicle and tested at full power at Dstl’s range in Porton Down. This was a groundbreaking test as the laser weapon successfully neutralized targets at ranges longer than a kilometer.