chinese laser weapon development

siegecrossbow said:

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A certain nuclear department purchased a high energy laser reflection mirror for a ground based anti-missile laser weapon at a price of 8 million yuan.

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Why A nuclear department would buy anti-missile laser weapon

escobar said:

Why A nuclear department would buy anti-missile laser weapon

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Who knows. Might be powered via nuclear reactor.

siegecrossbow said:

Who knows. Might be powered via nuclear reactor.

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A giant Free Electron Laser?

Lasers can be used in nuclear fusion. But you don't usually use mirrors on that.

siegecrossbow said:

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A certain nuclear department purchased a high energy laser reflection mirror for a ground based anti-missile laser weapon at a price of 8 million yuan.

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Wow. That's nearly $2M USD for a mirror. Shows the scale and size of it. Probably a one off build as well, custom engineered for whatever experimenting they are trying to do.

Gigawatt lasers anyone?

gelgoog said:

Lasers can be used in nuclear fusion. But you don't usually use mirrors on that.

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The purchase document explicitly states missile defense laser weapon.

siegecrossbow said:

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so an ABM laser is cheaper than a tank mounted laser from 205 Institute?

ChongqingHotPot92 said:

so an ABM laser is cheaper than a tank mounted laser from 205 Institute?

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It’s just the cost for the mirror.

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Like a nuclear reactor or detonation-pumped laser perhaps, like SDI?

clockwork said:

Like a nuclear reactor or detonation-pumped laser perhaps, like SDI?

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I don't think so. First of all it is a ground based system, so I don't think they will risk blowing themselves up and having to deal with fallout/radiation. Second of all bomb-pumped lasers does not redirect the beam via mirrors but glass rods that are mechanically moved to aim at the target. Finally, bomb-pumped lasers have yet to be proven feasible.