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In a recent podcast Yankeesama reiterates that LY-1 is in a class of its own in terms of how fast it can take down targets. In a PLAN exercise it accidentally took down a non-target drone because the self defense system engaged automatically and the crew presumably had to compensate the owners (CCTV crew???) for frying their equipment. Usually lasers are not good for intercepting fast moving targets like rockets/missiles not because they can’t be effectively tracked and engaged with optical system, but because they take too long to damage. This is implied to not be the case for LY-1 as long as it’s not saturation attack.
I don't see how that is necessarily a reflection of LY-1's capabilities; there are quite a few contemporary naval DEWs that are able to seriously damage or outright burn a commercial drone for filming purposes in short order especially if it occurs at a sensible distance.
If anything it would be a reflection of somewhat questionable fire control for the LY-1 that it targeted and engaged a drone that was not meant to be a target. In real life, it goes without saying how this could be problematic or dangerous.
Not near instantaneously though. Implication is that the power outage is strong enough to reliably engage rockets/high subsonic cruise missiles.
Civilian drones are not exactly very resilient. Of course it depends on what we define as "taking down a drone", however DEWs even in the xx kW range will quite easily destroy optical and comms equipment carried by commercial drones to stay airborne. The airframes themselves are also quite susceptible to thermal damage, as they are made from materials optimised for weight and cost over resilience. So deducing performance against rockets etc from such an incident would seem to be a bit of a stretch.
Eh, depending on the range/distance, near instantaneously could very much be viable.
I suppose my point is more that the description is not a "flex" and there isnt' too much that can be extrapolated from it, even if I do believe that it may well be a fairly capable system
Raw wattage is a magnitude higher in LY-1 than it is in traditional truck mounted lasers. If you look at videos of such systems performing hard kills against quadcopters they almost always spend 5 or more seconds focusing on a rotor just to achieve the effect. In the case of LY-1 the effect is almost instantaneous.
That said, they are just as susceptible to weather conditions as traditional solutions. That’s why they will only remain one tool in the kit.