UK Tests “DragonFire” Laser That Cuts Through Targets With “Pinpoint Accuracy” From Miles Away
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
- The UK carried out its first test of a military laser that can strike any visible aerial and sea targets. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the latest trial of the DragonFire system marks a "major step in bringing this technology into service". The test comes as the development of directed energy weapons has surged worldwide, including in the US. Watch the video to find out more.
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0:00 - INTRODUCTION
0:56 - WHAT HAPPENED AT THE TEST?
1:57 - WHAT IS DRAGONFIRE?
3:20 - TIMING OF UK’S DRAGONFIRE TEST
4:09 - WHY WEST DESPERATELY NEEDS LOW COST WEAPONS
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It's NOT 10£ per shot because the laser needs replacement after a set number of shots so it's more like 150£ per shot which is still a great value compared to conventional weapons.
I wonder what it would look like if you consider the depreciation cost + operating crew costs 😂
@@tuguldurbattulga7466 Compared with other weapons?
That's not how military economics works 😂
Includes the replacement as it seems, all are calculted for a cost.
150 GBP would be more accurate to make shots past 50-100km at a time
Well Done to us.
US you mean UK
@@MichaelKing-tp6leno us as in them not us.
@@user-ge5vf5md7rYou mean US but not US?
you got to make sure China ,Russia , North Korea or Iran don't get a hold of this technology . good going UK and thanks for your help in Ukraine . your friends in Canada .
That's not even their issue its that they copy at 1/10th the quality
As the war progressed in other countries it has become a showcase and testbed of different weapon systems whereby promoting more carnage and destruction!
China tested the same 5 years ago 😅
lol... China had this long ago it was dubbed the "flash missile and they have been developing in their aerospace research centres" .
Whatever UK has; China and Russia are 3 steps ahead
Russia already has laser technology in action 😂😂
Congratulations to UK on the feat. 🎉
You should thank the us first we gave them that tech
🤣🤣
Same tech, different name and package you’re welcome
@@HotRodder47 But then why isn't the US using it in the red sea?
US never gave us the tech we developed it independently. U.K. Scientists at the Defence Science Lab worked with industry to develop it. The US doesn’t share its tech.
Congratulate Britain🇬🇧
Lol, saw what UK ships can do 😂 , this is bound to fail 😂
Poor sri lankan 😂
@@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763said by poor loan lankan which his country bankrupted by china😂😂
funny desert man who have no access to water 😂
It's so tensed situation for UK
Good to see everyone is comparing sausage size again. Not like we are all on the same team or anything.
One World. One Humanity. One Family.
♥️
@@SuperGreatSphinxOne day...
@@Nites2k how?
To quote all great men: "Love is the answer"
Admittedly though, super cool red laser is sick. 😎
“Comparing sausage size”
Or being proud of an achievement
can we see footage of the test? please/.
Thats just damn cool.
God and His Majesty be with you.
Amen.
US-UK remain Superpower .
What kind of "regular heater" is the MOD using that costs 10£ an hour ?
It said it typically costs LESS than £10 to fire. £9.99 is less than £10. 1p is also less than £10. Based on the statements I've seen it could cost an average of anywhere from 0p to £9.99 per shot.
So really what you want to know is how much a regular heater does cost to run for an hour, and then you'll know how much the laser actually costs to fire. Googling it suggests that it's about 60p for a 2kw heater, which suggests it costs about 60p to fire the dragonfire laser. That also seems to be about the same price as a bullet, so if those prices are correct and the technology works it suggests that militaries might start replacing bullets with lasers for some tasks very soon.
9.99 an hour that's a 20-30k watt industrial heater
The heater powered by 50 immigrants.
@@joeblack007 ..what 😂😂
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UK is Great Coutry😍🇬🇧.developed High income country🎉
How much does the technology cost including with installation? What's the coverage area?
Wanna buy the system and invest ? LOL
@@Recordman42 Nah, it's useless against missiles.
I’ll build u one in ur back garden 10 grand
@j.k.ravshanovich could be the most efficient, though. Laser travels a light speed, right?
@@mikitadou yes it does travels at the speed of light. But it takes at least 2-3 seconds for the laser to melt down the missile by which time the missile travels a few kilometers if not a dozen. Yet, I am not talking about hypersonic missile whose speed is 20k+ km/hr. So the problem here is the laser can't chase the guided or cruise missiles. I'm not an expert in missile technology and I could be wrong.
Why not going directly for the Iron Bean, which is already deployed, has twice of the energy and distance and it's third of the size.
Width, now I don’t know the iron beam’s stats but the dragon fire has less power than a lot of other HELs but it focuses that on a much smaller area.
Lovely weapon
Nice one..👌🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Seems like once you master this, just pointing it upward at satellites would be the next obvious thing . If not destroy, at least blind or otherwise interfere at these new achievable mobile power levels. And turns out, on quick google search, all 3 super powers have been experimenting with this for 15 years now! Hopefully our aircraft carriers are prioritizing this if they don't have it already. (reference other Crux video today on China's simulated attack on aircraft carriers.)
Russia already has a weapon like that, called Peresvet or the later version called Zadira.
imagine cutting this through a tree line... wow, suddenly no cover, and falling debris and trees amazing
How fast can it shoot?? How many shots before replacement??
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Now the discussion will be to wait until the drones are that close. SAM usually have far longer range and can be fired soon after detection.
These could feasibly be deployed every 5Km if necessary since ammunition is irrelevant. Initial deployment cost might be high but you could encircle a city with them and be utterly invulnerable to incoming drones.
Good news!
Same cost as using a regular heater for an hour...... Plenty of poor folk in UK cannot afford to run a regular heater for 1 hour.
What kind of regular heater is using 10£ an hour ?
That's like a 30k watt heater for 10£ an hour
@@damien.c381 I'm quoting the video
How about the power consumption?
That's Classified and stop asking or you will be arrested
Who need light sabers when you have laser beams
how far and fast a lazers can go i was somehow thinking about nuclear umbrella!
Between 2-10 Miles, it's still not good enough for a nuclear defence, unless they used even more concentrated energy systems which could go upto 300+ miles?!?!
However quite doubtful, at 300 miles and further you would require even more energy, this point we're talking about putting you and I in Danager of those miles for protection, I still think energy weapons might work, not as hopeful.
You don't know what you are talking about @@capastianluna8896
It's CLASSIFIED
mirror in question:
Laser defence was my idea 🙄 so was reflective mirror/ thermo plated drones 😁
I'm sure they know how to get through any thermal paint they can *caveman" put on it
IAM so British 😁😋🫒🖍️
Just as Pluto enters Aquarius
Like hammer of dawn? From gears of war
Even an expensive over the counter laser will pop a dinghy a few miles out , dover over .
Great for the RNLI on illegal migrant patrol in the English Channel
Sssso when you say line of fire...? Britain's enemies know not to attack when there's heavy rain or fog right..?
What's the weather like in Britain? Don't suppose it rains that much over there does it..? And fog? Really oooh??
Couldn't resist it.
Seriously though, nice work gents and, or, xor, not, nand, nor, xnor ladies! Whew!
So its not a conspiracy about hawaii being burned dwn with a lazer.
Laser
Yes, it still very much is a conspiracy theory because there’s no actual evidence of it.
Stop this crap. Y’all are so desperate for any sort of validation when it comes to your pet conspiracy
LOL Oh look at me I'm a Republican conspiracy theorist stirring up trouble. My head is so far up Trumps butt I can taste what he had for dinner 2 days ago.
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So how far more advanced are they it’s about 20 years so what aren’t they showing you?
100 years ahead
Never share it with turkey
Turkey already have this😂
@@jawwadahmad4483 hahaahahaahha
Turkey can't even make an aircraft carrier lol
Look at their "5th" gen that should say enough
F22 was designed in the 80s 😂
They can be defeated but using reflective materials on drones or missiles or simply overwhelm the laser
Not been 2 years yet.
Against mini/micro drones, MALE/HALE drones, aircraft with light airframe, air to air missiles that has to have thin airframe, this is a potent weapon but to effectively engage penetrating air to ground bombs, ICBMs and robustly built hypersonic missiles long enough to destroy from a safe distance, the LASER energy has to be much greater necessitating a heavier equipment installed on a heavier vessel (high displacement destoyer) drawing power from nuclear reactors.
This is the most powerful laser on earth ahead of everyone
Looks good but the £10 per shot is misleading. Proper cost is the R&D investment, plus the production and installation costs, plus the maintenance and running costs divided by how many shots fired. The true cost per shot is probably millions at the moment, of course that will reduce the more shots that are fired but doubt it will ever get remotely close to £10 per shot.
Maybe they can use it for boiling water at a generator
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ah, a DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON you say?
"let's point it france!"
C'mon Rishi, say Drakaris!
Just Like UK saving money on their army "how unusual"cant even stop one ship hitting another.
At 4:33. Russia invaded Ukraine, once again, in 2014 and, again, on February 2022, which is almost 2 years ago, NOT three.
Wait till this laser goes on a Boston dynamics robot 😅
Dragging a 3inch thick mains cable connection behind it?
GOD HELP US ALL!
its usesless when it rains, or is foggy, or smoky or snows, or etc.
these are only good for the movies.
Lol, do you think it is using energy from the sun?😂😂😂
@@himbisaquatics you make it even funnier man. no, this has nothing to do with the source of energy, rather its directly related to the environment in which its deployed and used. laser beams and rain/fogetc arent best of friends you know!
@@amortalbeing you even more funnier man, do you think they will develop such technology with out research and development?😂😂
@@himbisaquatics it gets funnier when you keep talking about something you have absolutely no idea about!
it would work when the environment allows it, even if its 50% of the time. it consumes ginormous amount of energy, and its effectiveness is questionable at best at the moment. imho its only good for a show.
@@amortalbeing ignorant man, no idea of what? You think highly of yourself to underestimate of the people who have such inventions, I repeat that they are doing it with research and development. You can't even made your own toy.🤣🤣🤣
You only see the beam with the right type of lense or glasses on. The Americans have had this crap for years, its what they used on one of there own states last year to clear the way for development
You are wrong... This is 100 years ahead of any crap the USA has on laser
Not sure if I'm happy to say "star wars" is here
The laser wrapon was out sonce 2010.. whats the kw of it.. you need at least 30kw laser to shoot down drones and 155mm artillery around..with British weather, it wouldn't be effective as cloudy days ir rain and if the drone is coated with crome, it will render useless..
You have no idea what you are talking about, please don't comment on things you know nothing about it... It's been tested in a hurricane today
Will the Evil Empire build a DeathStar too?
Yes and civilise the universe please.
We already have !!!
Now, if the enemy fire missiles or drones during foggy or raining time, score.......
It already works
AI Drone with Dragonfire laser
Terminator 2 was a documentary 😮😂😄😀🙂😐😶😬
UK battle winning edge? That'll never happen again.
UK: “Observe”
Yea, It's not like we didn't conquer half the planet, huh
@@DJSyKoh it's not 1775 any more. Poms are definitely not respected anywhere on Earth, especially inside of the UK.
Just paint everything blue Maui showed us how to resist lasers
Drones will have mirrors reflection soon 😂😂
Whats that creep Sunak got to do with it?
£10 count me in I will have 2.
The world is so progress one cannot defeat other if they win now will reverse so quick
World : What is UK's next goal after France?
US : UK planning next PM from Pride community like in France😆😅🤣😂😀😃😄😁
Look out world, UK back in business
You stated Russia-Ukraine war was almost 3 years old now. Hasn’t even hit two yet.
Thought These have already been tested. Perhaps in hawaii... 😡
Why did the Americans get hold of this video put stupid music on it. And no dialogue.
Media told us this was just another conspiracy theory ...and once again proved to be 100% correct as usual
More power to the leader of Europe More power to the UK
Bye bye silly nukes
Yet My Starbucks coffee is still more expensive 😂
Is this how we stop the boats? 🤔
I think we’ve just found a solution to a major problem lads 🤣🤣
(New technology)
USE A MIRROR 😂😂😂
Surely a reflective surface would beat this 😂
Now we just need to make it green an put one on the moon... I think you'll find this space station is fully operational
LASER is completely useless in bad weather and it may burn its own mounter
Ok keyboard warrior
@@deusvult8251 says from his grandma`s basement
You can handle this weapon using mirror....😅
I wonder if it can slice through ships? XD
It can penetrate hulls
i guess Ukraine would become a prime testing ground :)
Vote REFORM UK
I doubt this laser weapon will be effective in bad weather.
Its not aimed by eyes its radar guided 🤣
@@bigmatthews666 : That’s not the issue. Light is diffused in clouds and rain, so a laser’s energy will be reduced as some of it will be used up by hitting the water droplets in the clouds. Just as less heat from the sun reaches the ground on a cloudy day.
It was tested on a hurricane successfully
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Nothing bucks this trend. High tech sanctions led to low tech drones which were large in number. Low tech drone led us here. Innovation in war tech continues…
I DON'T PUT ON A VID TO HAVE TO READ!!!
Did you get "dragonfire" from Israel?
NO!!?
Possible to lend it to them though 🤣😂
The uk developed and deployed radar along time ago, so at least you know when we are coming your welcome🤣 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
Accha
And Sunak has what do with it. He doesn't know what 10💷 is
What happens in rain, snow, or cloudy condtions? That’s the weakest points for lasers.
This is the most powerful laser in the entire world 100 years ahead of the USA
@@deusvult8251100 years 😂like you have ANY idea what will even be possible within the next 10💀stop flattering yourself you don’t know anything.
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Cope
Nothing new about that 🎉
This explains why the new paint jobs on the new stealth are mirror finish.A mirror can bounce a lazer back at itself or bounce it off.Could a ricochet shot bouncing back from a jet actually get it to hit where the beam came from & destroy it?
Only if the mirrored surface is facing directly towards the beam
No mirror is 100% perfect, it will reflect almost all the energy but not all of it. If the energy hitting it is huge then the tiny proportion that does not get reflected is enough to burn up and destroy the mirror.
The lesser will upgraded 👍👍👍
L'occident sera toujours maitre de son destin en ayant toujours une longueur d'avance! 👍
Pity that our government probably won’t allocate the funds for these it’ll be less funds they can hide in their sofa 😢
If UK can develop this weapon, so can the others (US, Russia, China, France, Japan, Germany, South Korea, India, etc). It's just a matter of time. Well, if this is true, and this weapon enters the battle space, the era of drones might be short-lived.
I doubt that Russia can. They can try to steal it though. Like USSR stole American nuclear technology in 1949.
Yup, you re right, thats what people don't understand in this video. Praising the uk, when the us, israel and others countries have been using this technology for quite a long time now. France and Germany successfully tested this laser thing on frigates this year. Its all about marketing and the uk is doing a great job at it. Remember that Mbda is an European company....
And what if there is rain, fog, or smoke? How much electricity does it need to fire, particularly repetitively? A 7 ton truck with generator and/or batteries is cumbersome. Access to mains electricity required? Is there a cycling delay(recharging for eg.)? Heat signal of the device? Overheating in continuous use?
I guess we'll know soon enough.
@@Ganja76000 only the tech is the uks own research and development is different tech to the us use. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Lol😂
Operation sunbeam xD
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Dont drones use gps - couldn't you scramble gps send it straight down
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