Biden's trip to the Middle East visited the deployment of Israel's Iron Beam laser missile defense system, which was developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, which can effectively intercept "low and slow" drones and air targets such as anti-tank missiles, mortar shells and rockets. The Israeli Ministry of Defense recently announced that the "iron beam" laser weapon has successfully passed the test of intercepting various targets.
At present, the Palestinian armed forces and the Lebanese Allah Party of all types of home-made rockets, mortar shells and "gas canister bombs" are of very low cost; The "Iron Dome" missile defense system used by Israel costs between $40,000 and $100,000 to launch a Tamir missile to intercept it; The cost of each shot of the "iron beam" is only a few dollars, and even considering the depreciation of the equipment, it is still far lower than that of anti-aircraft missiles; And it does not require ammunition, theoretically has an unlimited number of shots, fast combat speed (speed of light), anti-jamming, high accuracy, can kill in a straight line without considering the ballistic.
Previously, Israel's anti-aircraft weapons mainly included the Arrow series, David's Sling, Barak, SPYDER and Iron Dome. The development of the "iron beam" can effectively complement Israel's traditional anti-aircraft weapon system and jointly build its multi-layered missile defense system. Its laser and photoelectric imaging aiming system are integrated on a single cockpit and can rotate 360 degrees to track and attack targets autonomously. It is speculated that its range is about several kilometers, in addition to photoelectric detection, radio detection, air defense early warning radar and low-altitude blinding radar may be used to coordinate detection of targets.
China's laser weapons have now been miniaturized, and in 2014 China has developed 10,000-watt-class tactical laser weapons. Among them, the "Low Altitude Guardian II." and "Silent Hunter" laser interception systems have become one of the most powerful laser weapons in the world today. It is worth mentioning that the Poly Group "Silent Hunter" has been exported to Saudi Arabia and has been put into actual combat, and has successfully shot down a number of Yemeni Houthi armed drones and won awards.
