Turkey conducted a successful test of military laser. At the request of the military industry of Turkey Secretariat, combat laser power 20 kilowatts in trials burned several types of ship armor from a distance of half a kilometer, He writes portal “Nplus1” referring to Daily Sabah.
As can be seen from the published information, combat laser power 20 kilowatt, the development of which has been a division of the Research Institute of information and computer security Turkey, It was tested on the ship's armor with different distances. According to the developers, they were able to burn 22 mm armor with distance hundred meters, and with the same distance burn three carbon steel sheet thickness 3 mm each.
Further laser power, other technical details about the installation were not disclosed. As previously reported, Turkish military leadership plans to use laser guns to fight air and sea drones at a distance of 500 meters and destroying improvised explosive devices at a distance of 200 m.
Earlier, the Turkish company Aselsan announced successful tests LSS laser system, designed to destroy small drones, and used as the demining.
