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China test-fires new laser-based C-UAS

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  • By Gabriel Dominguez and Neil Gibson - Jane's Defence Weekly

Full article available at: https://www.janes.com/article/76047/china-test-fires-new-laser-based-c-uas

 China’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) released images on 28 November showing the test-firing in Beijing of what appears to be a new counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS).

The shelter (ISO container)-based, truck-mounted C-UAS, which the MND refers to as a short-range air defence system, appears to be carried by at least two vehicles: one features detection and jamming equipment while another is fitted with a laser-based weapon.

China’s MND released images on 28 November of what appears to be the detection vehicle of a new shelter-based, truck-mounted C-UAS. The vehicle is equipped with a radar, an electronic jamming system and a small electro-optical ball turret, all of which are mounted on the shelter's roof. (Via eng.chinamil.com.cn)

China's MND released images on 28 November of what appears to be the detection vehicle of a new shelter-based, truck-mounted C-UAS. The vehicle is equipped with a radar, an electronic jamming system and a small electro-optical ball turret, all of which are mounted on the shelter's roof. (Via eng.chinamil.com.cn)

The detection and jamming vehicle is equipped with a radar, an electronic jamming system, and a small electro-optical (EO) ball turret, all of which are mounted on the shelter’s roof.

A laser emitter, a tracker (EO and thermal), and a laser rangefinder are present on a stabilised elevatable and rotatable platform that is mounted on the roof of another shelter.

In addition to detection, tracking, and counter-UAS equipment, the shelters likely carry power-generation units, along with control consoles and communication systems.

Images of the test-firing show a thin metal plate carried by a mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), thought to be a Chinese-made DJI Phantom 2, being targeted by a laser.

The prolonged illumination results in a large hole being formed in the plate. Another image shows what appears to be another mini-UAV, likely a Syma X8C, featuring a small sooty hole melted into its side, which was presumably caused by being illuminated by the same laser from the C-UAS.

Full article available at: https://www.janes.com/article/76047/china-test-fires-new-laser-based-c-uas