China’s military and industry have not released technical details about the LY-1 maritime laser, such as energy levels and the approach used to create the beam.
Credit: China News Service
China’s answer to Western high-energy laser developments is the CASIC LY-1. The Chinese military paraded the shipboard laser weapon system during the Victory Day parade on Sept. 3 in Beijing, revealing a system with an optical aperture seemingly wider than the U.S. Navy’s fielded, 60-150-kW-class...
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