LDEW system aboard a naval vessel by 2020
In 2020 the team hopes to
put the LDEW system aboard
a naval vessel, possibly a
Royal Fleet Auxiliary, to help
demonstrate to the UK defence
community the benefits of
a laser weapon.
The system
aims to offer highly accurate
targeting, allowing it to hit
specific parts of an aircraft,
for example. Such accuracy
gives greater flexibility in
target engagement, potentially
allowing an LDEW system to
disrupt or dazzle the target, as
well as to destroy it.
The UK Dragonfire team suggests an
operational system could be
fielded in the early 2020s on a
platform such as the Type 45rtillery
destroyer, providing an agile
defensive capability in the
VSHORAD sector
SA Artillery