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Saudi officials at the world defense expo revealed that the Silent Hunter Laser weapon they purchased shot down enemy drones in live combat.
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Saudi Arabia announced at the just-opened World Defense Exhibition that the "Silent Hunter" laser air defense system purchased from China has achieved the first shot down under actual combat conditions. This is the world's first laser weapon system that has achieved results in actual combat. The laser has a standard output power of 30 kilowatts and a maximum range of 4,000 meters. It is mainly used to intercept low-altitude drones. It can penetrate 5 mm thick steel plates at a distance of 1,000 meters, and can also hit cruise missiles. (Shutong salaries)
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The Russians should have bought some of these.
The Chinese javelin.
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Everyone is so focused on the HD-1 and they missed out on the Chinese laser SHORAD in the background!
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I know Saudi has confirmed Silent Hunter's first combat kill (you've mentioned above), and Saudi has just signed a new contract with China (Poly Tech) on unnamed "Air Defence Systems", could this be the one? Silent Hunter is a 30kW laser weapon, do you have info about this laser SHORAD?
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I don’t have any specs on the new laser SHORAD, unfortunately. What I do know is that it is several generations ahead of Silent Hunter based on stuff we can extrapolate from the external appearance:
1) The optics are integrated in the same turret as the laser
2) There are 4 AESA radars instead of a single rotating AESA radar, which can provide live, 360 degree coverage for the weapon.
3) The power generation system of the Mengshi chassis has been modified for high power use. This allows for a comparatively lighter and more compact vehicle that could operate in a wider variety of terrain than Silent Hunter.
I think we will learn more about this platform if information placard from the show gets released.
Saudi Arabia signs 23 contracts worth $3.5bln at WDS
The four-day WDS 2022, which began on March 6 in Riyadh
That’s around 90 million USD. Very cheap for a state of the art system.
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Serbia started receiving the Chinesee FK-3 air defence system this morning. 3 PLAAF Y-20A’s landed at Batajnica AFB. FK-3 (export version of the HQ-22) was purchased by Serbia back in 2019.
Chinese social media also reported that Serbia president Aleksandar Vucic in an interview on 7 April mentioned that Serbian weapons previously purchased were prohibited from passing through the territory of EU countries and could not be delivered to Serbia.
Y-20A number six. Recap: The following six PLAAF
Y-20As have been seen heading for Serbia: 20041 #7A4281 20042 #7A4282 20045 #7A4285 20047 #7A427F 20049 #7A4287 20142 #7A428A
Chinese social media also reported that Serbia president Aleksandar Vucic in an interview on 7 April mentioned that Serbian weapons previously purchased were prohibited from passing through the territory of EU countries and could not be delivered to Serbia.
Y-20A number six. Recap: The following six PLAAF
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