Turkish Directed Energy Weapons

[VelocuR]

Awesome Turkey progress!

 

[Imtiaz_Sarwar]

Congratulations to our Turkish friends for developing high tech, Laser weapons. It will sure come in handy in the next conflict whenever it happens. It is better to be prepared than taken by surprise.

 

[dessert_eagle]

"Limitless ammonition?"

 

[ozi2000]

 

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Laser weapon modification of ATILGAN Pedestal Mounted Weapons system

İlk kez DÜNYA'da: İşte Türkiye'nin lazer silahı haberi Dünya.com'da

 

[Hurshid Celebi]

Tactical Laser Weapon Module Can Laserify Almost Anything

The thing in this picture isn’t a photon torpedo. But, it’s close. It’s a photon cannon, currently under development by General Atomics. Small, versatile, and completely self-contained, it turns anything onto which you stick it into a powerful laser weapon. And at just two cubic meters in volume, you should have no trouble mounting it on the roof rack of your Volvo.
General Atomics’ Tactical Laser Weapon Module is one of those pieces of futuristic technology that can show up out of nowhere at a military expo (in this case, the Navy’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition) and just sit there, attracting plenty of attention while also being almost entirely classified.
What we were able to find out about this thing is that it’s a laser weapon with output energies (that's output, not total power in the system) ranging from 75 kilowatts all the way up to 300 kilowatts. To put that in perspective, about a year ago we wrote about how Lockheed was using a portable fiber laser to shoot down rockets at a range of 1.5 kilometers using just 10 kilowatts of power. Suffice it to say, 300 kilowatts is rather a lot. The weight of the system is dependent on its output power and the number of shots you want, but General Atomics engineers say that they’ve gotten it down to just 4 kilograms per kilowatt.
The module in the picture above represents almost the entirety of an operational laser weapons system. You’ll have to wire it up to your own controller, but otherwise, all it needs to finish it off is a beam director—basically, a glorified steerable telescope that can intercept the laser beam as it comes out of that hole on the front of the module and then point it at what you want it to torch. You don't even need to connect the module to an outside power source; it’s packed with enough lithium-ion batteries to give you some number of shots (although, as with almost every question we asked, General Atomics won’t give us specific numbers, because it’s, well, classified).
General Atomics did go so far as to suggest that this laser would be great as an add-on to the AC-130 gunship or V-22 Osprey. Since it’s so small, though, it would also fit onto UAVs like the Predator C. It could even be carried by ground vehicles like the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, which means that I bet my Volvo could handle it as well. Take that, traffic jams.

 

[The SC]

Electromagnetic Surprise by ASELSAN

http://en.c4defence.com/Agenda/electromagnetic-surprise-by-aselsan/4189/1

ASELSAN has been carrying out an R&D Project on development of Electromagnetic Launcher (EML) successfully since 2014 so as to gain electromagnetic launch system technology. In the light of these studies, the first results of developed prototype of Electromagnetic Gun System (known as Railgun) has just been received. ASELSAN proved its experience and claim in this area with first live firing tests that were conducted successfully between 26th and 29th of December 2016. ASELSAN keeps working on this area without slowing down and will demonstrate its first EML prototype in IDEF 2017.

Thanks to its higher muzzle energy and 2000-2500 m/s projectile speed, thus effective range greater than 300 km, Electromagnetic Gun System is also evaluated to be an air defense system that is highly effective against modern air threats. Electromagnetic Gun System which brings significant technological advantages to battlefield, also ensures Multi-Mission Capability by means of developments in smart ammunition technologies. In other words, a single Electromagnetic Gun System can be used in different roles and areas.

General Specifications of Electromagnetic Launcher

1. Long - range weapon technology with high-power electromagnetic energy
2. Low cost mission effectiveness against current threats
   1. Lower unit cost
   2. Lower handling cost
3. Multi-Mission Capability
   1. Naval Surface Fire Support
   2. Surface Warfare
   3. Air Defense
   4. Aircraft or Satellite Launcher
4. High Platform Reliability ( no chemical explosives)

Within Electromagnetic Launcher domain, ASELSAN has been working with the aim of gaining critical technologies step by step; becoming the leader of Electromagnetic Launch Technology and putting such technologies into practice. In the near future, ASELSAN aims at becoming one of the leading producer of Electromagnetic Launchers with products that will be developed by ASELSAN itself.

 

[Hexciter]

 

[CrimsonFury]

I love this fucking company

 

[Kompromat]

Me loves it.

 

[HannibalBarca]

I love this fucking company

Me loves it.

Well Aselsan has a lot to catch up with... So incoming years gonna be busy...

 

[damm1t]

Aselsan and Tübitak SAGE run two different projects on this field, probably we will see details of Aselsan's EML in IDEF 2017. It could be better if they tould have combined their knowledges maybe after some point.

 

[Fledgingwings]

Electronic Warfare Weapon ? By Turkey ? Sounds super cool.

 

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Well Aselsan has a lot to catch up with... So incoming years gonna be busy...

Indeed, Aselsan has a long long way to go yet

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[CrimsonFury]

Well Aselsan has a lot to catch up with... So incoming years gonna be busy...

Without a doubt. But it's a relief to see that they are trying their best to stay in the military tech game. We cannot afford to miss out in this field