Archive for December 18th, 2012

The 30kw Laser Weapon mounted on a Skyguard Revolver gun air defense turret. photo: Rheinmetall

50kW High Energy Laser Successfully Demonstrated in Switzerland

December 18, 2012 at 18:49 0 comments

Rheinmetall has successfully tested a new 50kW high-energy weapon technology demonstrator.The test was conducted at the end of November, at the company’s Ochsenboden Proving Ground (EZO) in Switzerland. The test comprised three types of targets representing hardened targets, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and ballistic threats. and successful A steel ball representing a mortar round target, travelling at approximately 50 m/sec was also intercepted.

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