GET TO KNOW ZADIRA, RUSSIA'S NEWEST LASER WEAPON USED IN ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES
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Russia's top brass claims its military is operating advanced laser weapons in the war in Ukraine. What are the advantages of such a laser weapon. Also is there any evidence that Russia has these advanced weapons?
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov, at a conference broadcast nationally by Channel One TV, said the Kremlin had deployed an advanced laser weapons system called "Zadira" in the war in Ukraine. The deployment of the laser weapon system, mainly to shoot down Ukrainian combat drones.
"Zadira" is part of an intercontinental ballistic missile system, which includes a laser weapon component called the Peresvet, Reuters reported last week.
Borisov said Peresvet has been widely deployed in Ukraine and can "blind" satellites at an altitude of 1,500 km from the earth's surface.
"If Peresvet can make satellites "blind", a new generation of laser weapons will direct physical damage to their targets by burning them, Borisov said.
However, Western military experts have expressed their doubts about Russia's claims
Laser weapons generate concentrated light, which can heat an object to a temperature of thousands of degrees Celsius until it burns out.
High-energy lasers can burn and punch holes in thick layers of steel in seconds. Laser beams travel at the speed of light, have a wider spectrum than conventional projectiles and have extremely high precision.
Laser guns are also secretive, as their beams make almost no noise. More importantly, laser weapon systems are relatively inexpensive economically, because they do not require ammunition, only energy is needed to emit the radiation.
TNO, a Dutch research organization that studies laser weapon technology, said a single shot from this weapon system only costs less than one euro.
All of these advantages make laser weapons a very attractive project for militaries around the world. The US Army last summer said it had tested a new laser weapon in a war game.
Laser weapons also work covertly, if they exist in Ukraine, could help Moscow fight one of the most feared weapons in Ukraine, namely drones.
With combat drone weapons, the Ukrainian military has repeatedly succeeded in inflicting heavy losses on the Russian military. In addition to the drones deployed in Ukraine supplied by NATO countries, it is said that Ukraine also makes its own combat drones.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Borisov, at a conference last week claimed, Zadira had managed to shoot down a Ukrainian drone in just five seconds from a distance of kilometers.
Russia also claims it can use the advanced weapons to destroy military satellites, spy cameras and detectors. Lasers are also capable of making enemy soldiers permanently blind. However, the use of weapons that cause such excessive damage or injury, has been prohibited by international conventions from 1995.
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