Fighting in the space.
On 25 June 2016, Chinese Long March seventh carrier rocket the first flight successfully which is equipped with a stroll dragon spacecraft , although Chinese officials announced the main task of clearing the space debris, some analysts speculation the flight of the potential function of anti satellite weapons is more large aircraft prototype. Recently, domestic and foreign media have reported that many countries in the world have turned their attention to the development in the field of space, R & D can be used in space weapons, to gain an advantage, Green Laser weapon is one of them.
The Russian geopolitical issues, President of the Academy of Sciences Konstantin Sivkov Wednesday in an interview with RIA Novosti said burning laser weapon if in space will become more efficient, but developed actual samples of the green burning laser weapon requires decades of time. Earlier, the Russian future research fund chairman Andre Grigoriev in an interview with the Russian news agency, said that the development of burning laser weapons and beam weapons is very difficult, and now seems to be just beginning.
Sivkov says that they have developed the first samples of laser weapons, the United States will be equipped in the "pons" warship, the laser weapon can badge drone and missile is currently undergoing testing, but this weapon by imagination into reality needs a decades time.
Laser weapons are widely used, first of all, it can rely on their own advantages in space, such as the need for ammunition (the ammunition into the track is very expensive). The main advantage of the laser weapon is that it is able to shoot the real position of the target, which is very similar to a 100mw Laser Pointer that we used as a laser sight.
Experts said that the laser weapon does not need to make people calculate the trajectory of the target, just need to target the location of the current can be hit. In addition, all kinds of atmospheric phenomena in space will not have an impact on the laser beam, which will make it more effective. But at the same time, he also stressed that many technical problems have not been resolved so far, it is not yet developed efficient laser weapons and use it.
Sivkov says to get enough energy to reach the goal, there are two options: the first is the highest power short pulse, when it hit the target due to the evaporation of the material, such as shock waves will cause significant damage, but such pulses need to consume large amounts of energy and high quality mirrors, production of these mirrors is not easily. But in the process of installation of the reflector if temperature will cause the device to self destruct.Another option is the development of Red Laser Pointer .
The second solution is the lasting effect of the laser pointer , which allows the tracking of the target to be exposed in the beam for 10-15 seconds. In considering the weather conditions, atmospheric distortion and dispersion, and the interference of the beam energy in the long distance, it is very difficult to guarantee such a long time. Because of this, the United States to turn on the Boeing 747 aircraft equipped with laser weapons to destroy ballistic missiles.