Britain has invested heavily in aiding Ukraine and will provide Ukraine with laser weapons. Now Britain wants to put this future weapon on the battlefield of Russia and Ukraine. Let's take a look at the news.
The British Ministry of Defense allowed the transfer to Ukraine of a laser weapon - "Dragon Fire", which is a high-power laser weapon. Britain originally wanted to put this weapon into service in 2032, but later intended to bring it forward to 2027. Now that the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine is still in full swing, the UK hopes to be able to advance to 2024 so that Ukrainians can use high-power laser weapons against Russia as soon as possible.
The British Secretary of State for Defense pointed out that this weapon can be deployed on land or on ships or drones. As you can see, this kind of weaponry is a multifunctional deployment method, and it can be used for air defense, anti-missile, and against warships, that is, surface ships. "Dragon Fire" has all-round attack capabilities, and the United Kingdom intends to put this laser weapon on the battlefield in Ukraine to test and see if the British weapon can work.
What does Russia say in the face of this situation? Russian State Duma deputies have given an explanation that British laser weapons will be destroyed once they are supplied to Ukraine. The "Dragon Fire" long-range laser weapon is like the Leopard 2 tank, Abrams main battle tank, and Challenger 2 main battle tank, which will be destroyed once provided to Ukraine.
Can one weapon change the status quo of the Russia-Ukraine conflict? This kind of weaponry was originally put into service after 2030, and now it is in service hastily, of course, in order to accumulate actual combat experience, but this accumulation of actual combat experience may make this British laser weapon encounter "Waterloo". After all, it is impossible and unrealistic to change the situation on the battlefield by relying on just one weapon and equipment.