UK to Deploy DragonFire Laser by 2027: Laser Weapon Era Underway? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

UK to Deploy DragonFire Laser by 2027: Laser Weapon Era Underway? | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Britain's Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps, says the country will deploy its indigenous DragonFire laser weapon by the year 2027. The UK says the DragonFire is a "World-leading" laser weapon. A number of countries are developing or testing new laser anti-drone systems. Israel has the Iron Beam. The US has the DE M-SHORAD and HELIOS. India is developing the Durga-2. Laser weapons are poised to change the face of drone warfare. Lasers are more cost-effective when dealing with cheap, kamikaze drones, like the Iranian Shahed 136. Laser anti-drone systems may turn the tide, and bring an end to the era of drone warfare.
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[@zxn-hn4tv]

If only people put such efforts into improving human lives we would all be living a quality life

[@Ghost-pb4ts]

blowing sihte up vs curing someone safety - don't blow up yourself vs hundreds of health checks before human trials buyer- ARMY vs POOR man also ROI

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

Lazer eye treatment 🙄

[@phucknuts.7065]

Well said 👍👍👍. Greetings from the United Kingdom

[@frankyyaggabot6222]

There are always Mongols on the horizon that will want that same life and come to take it away ... have you not read History.

[@alanc457]

@@frankyyaggabot6222except the ‘mongols’ are now living in the west and they covet what the Global south has

[@dexterspeights3484]

Star Trek and Star Wars predicted the future of modern warfare without Zoltar's crystal ball!

[@legrottagly3234]

Weapons weapons weapons. We need peace ✌️

[@sammiekanu6719]

You need peace you most get security,first if not you in dream😊

[@balongride3169]

Long live United Kingdom 🇬🇧 🙏💕

[@Hypocritial]

Electro magnetic Rail guns are also very potent and cheap. Looks like in future warfare there will be only be ashes and no dead bodies directly diffusing into Pancha Bhootas

[@waichungsham1578]

not true you wear the barrels out quickly and its a myth about it being cheap to shoot

[@Pieces93]

@@waichungsham1578indeed, plus they need huge power sources, most likely from a nuclear source or a retrofitted diesel Generator and as you said, the wear and tear they receive from each shot means they will need constant servicing which isn’t very cost effective.

[@Pieces93]

@@waichungsham1578I do wonder how long it would be until the laser weapon would need servicing! As firing a laser with that much energy can’t be good for the mirrors or the focusing lens.

[@FaceFcuk]

​@@waichungsham1578no its not 😂 it costs 10 pound each time which is a pack of cigarettes 😂

[@FaceFcuk]

​@@Pieces93wrong

[@patrickllt]

Just another entertaining Brit lightshow like its Tridents!!!!

[@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground]

Trident is american

[@patrickllt]

@@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground yeah......UK nuclear subs bought defective American missiles. Fish n chips will be more effective via death by cholesterol!!!

[@Ryel55538]

Trident is American but we use our own warheads courtesy of AWE

[@saklaine5550]

Damage can be avoided by reflecting the laser light in another direction. Is there anything that can reflect laser light without any damage?

[@nageshtagadur]

dragonfire is fire that was developed from phantom, mandrake comics i used to read as a child,...they have seriously developed from here,... a

[@thedubwhisperer2157]

Are there any suggestions as to the effective range?

[@lobserionia]

Where is the energy sheild?

[@ffrederickskitty214]

UK has been developing military lasers for at least 20 years to my knowledge (I used to work for the defence research organisation involved). Back then it could blow a hole in a breeze block wall, so taking out aircraft and missiles should be little problem. Once locked on to the target, there is no escaping a beam moving at close to the speed of light

[@AdmiringOceanSunset-sy7ys]

Looking pretty good for the future. ( Lazer ) Roa Aotearoa nui.

[@ricclip1904]

It's a weapon designed to hit dragons. What a fitting name....

[@OtepArc]

Iron Dome is effective then imagine how capable can Iron beam does.

[@vik24oct1991]

lazer is ineffective against missiles which iron dome handles, its only useful against drones.

[@michaelscience2481]

You know nothing about this technology because you don't have access to classified intelligence. Only those who have security clearance know how powerful is this piece of equipment. So, your knowledge regarding this weapon is wrong because the technology embedded inside this weapon is top secret and classified. So, you will never estimate his power unless you get the opportunity to be endocrinated.

[@Pieces93]

@@vik24oct1991is the Iron beam not good at taking out missiles due to not being powerful enough? I think they said the Iron beam was 100kw…

[@colorado841]

Not exactly a steal. You have to count the cost to develop the system as well making it and installing it as well as maintenance and upgrades. Then you divide that by the total number of drones shot down by it. Just using existing weapons is almost always cheaper. The cheapest way of dealing with drones is probably just using some world war III flack guns with some modifications.

[@lg5819]

The U.K. is not just developing a DragonFire laser weapon, it’s also developing Radio Frequency Weapons. And may develop like Israel an iron dome around the U.K. to defend against Russian hypersonic missiles.

[@rajpawar9343]

Good luck to UK from me.

[@RizwanaliSayyed-to6sb]

Aaj tak ghulami me😂

[@rajpawar9343]

Way better than what Modi did. Remember British know what to do.

[@RizwanaliSayyed-to6sb]

@@rajpawar9343 but we need to end this joke of fake democracy

[@charlierana4420]

Awesome 😎

[@legendpete8422]

The American warship with the railgun was from the Transformers film 😂😂😂

[@stormtrooper2170]

Kamikazi drones are the best. They are like death flying to the target.👈😁😁

[@shaksheedigitalmarketing]

Now they have a antidote soon

[@waichungsham1578]

@@shaksheedigitalmarketing artillary counters lasers

[@3kkk514]

Will this capable to shoot down satan missile of futin in mid air?

[@d_lollol524]

I bet Ukraine can use those laser systems.

[@myac]

Make the drones BLUE ;D

[@johnmararo1559]

Romours of war everywhere..

[@SanthoshScorpion]

Why no one is trying Ice Laser (Freezing) Lasers If there is A fire dragon there should be freezing dragon!

[@billygibson2613]

Australian Lazer weapons and Lazer guidance bomb's longer range hypasonic stealthy defence's very good policy

[@iskhael_illuminati]

Turkey also has similar technology.

[@patriciaogiamien2693]

Over 60 years of the so called independence. Nigeria government is still struggling to make road from abuja to calaba with over 10 billion dollars. Meanwhile the world is are laughing at us. What a cowtry😢

[@CamKingHaymare]

Blame all the Nigerians who left

[@jimmychin9666]

It's a laser beam used by the military.

[@raaghavgr1990]

I think soft attacks on drones like sensor scramblers are much more effective than lasers.

[@MISCSTUFFS]

The US is basically a PRISM tank from Red Alert 2 lmao

[@joysterzz2837]

This is the prism tower in the making from red alert game. Just crank up the power level and it can insta-kill troops, vehicles, tanks, etc.too.

[@ceejayezeobika2390]

The dragon fire will not be 💯 in taken down missiles or drones it can be bypass when multiple missiles or drones are launched towards it. New inventory there's a way to bypass it

[@rainieresguerra6519]

Deploy 3 lasers that have 70% kill rate each. What you get is an excellent defense array.

[@shockcat5988]

I’m sure eventually they’re going to have a nano material that looks like a rainbow whenever the laser is firing at it that can’t penetrate it fast enough to keep it from hitting its target is what I am imagining for the future.

[@Pieces93]

If they can invent a material that can withstand 1000’s of degrees C over the course of several seconds and still be light enough to use on drones, that would be Impressive… but think about this, even if they did find such a substance, the cost of the drones would skyrocket… they wouldn’t be cost effective anymore.

[@bkkarma178]

its all ready on Naval ships 2 years old

[@GouriDhar-lz9rq]

what about drdo durga?

[@HinduPAGANcowpissdrinkerRAKESH]

😆

[@Covid_Liberation_Army]

has already deployed in LAC.

[@RizwanaliSayyed-to6sb]

​@Covid_Liberation_Army xi ping is making villages near our border

[@Covid_Liberation_Army]

@@RizwanaliSayyed-to6sb do proper research, India is making too 😂 It is not old India

[@RizwanaliSayyed-to6sb]

@@Covid_Liberation_Army india is destryoing their own villages like manipur day dreamer

[@kuanged]

Yes Palki they're heavy"lifters" alright.

[@the_cameraman69]

What if I make a mirror suit ?😂😂😂

[@KK-xq7gg]

Wow , will this be available in Walmart or Spencers to buy?😂

[@thomasl6549]

yeah in Russia lol

[@nni9310]

The US has lasers more powerful than the UK's Dragon Fire.

[@monikaflisnik6627]

😅 " A z tym to trzeba uważać " 😅 " Bo " sieje w chuj daleko " 😅 " Odbija się od " smug i anten " 😅 " I energia utrzymuje się dłużej, nawet kiedy światła już nie ma "😅 " Szczególnie na metalowych konstrukcjach ( na zbrojeniach ) " 😅 " Jak sobie ktoś strzeli, to może oberwać rykoszetem " 😅 " Nie radzę strzelać w Kosmos " 😅 " Bo się ktoś silniejszy i starszy w końcu wkurwi " 😅

[@vjk2535]

What if the drones counter with a reflector 😂

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

This will recounter it with inbuilt mirror

[@vik24oct1991]

it will burn the mirror, that is very high intensity not your ordinary light.

[@Pieces93]

Mirrors wouldn’t make a difference, unless they fitted military grade mirrors used for lasers… at which point would make the drone not cost efficient in the slightest. Normal mirrors would melt very quickly, due to there atomic makeup not being designed to absorb that much energy, as you must remember a mirror is never 100% reflective, so if the mirror is receiving 500kw of power and it is absorbing let’s say 5% of that, that would be 25kw or energy that would be converted into heat which would then melt the mirror.

[@Kkumar_786]

MP parliament record ల ఎక్కించుడు తప్పా ఏం చేయాలే అని చెప్పిండు..😂

[@Granados-pv9ql]

If you have money you can easily porchase that new defence weapon

[@vik24oct1991]

these will be used in premier league matches to blind the penalty takers.

[@beetrooot1137]

Uk sMASHED IT

[@dbiswas]

I thought the world was having a race to have the best AI model, now this? 😂

[@KenedyL-sm3on]

Kamikaze Saheed drone used by Russia

[@J.M.254]

One hasn't seen the Russian Terminator!

[@boomzgamingph]

And then after humans invented laser, we will have what we called electromagnetic shield which will be the ultimate defense system.

[@francoislechanceux5818]

No mention of the ruskoffs

[@ryanperrault8174]

They already used them in Hawaii

[@rockstarlifestyle9980]

Although I think their purpose is to try replace anti aircraft guns... Their advantage would probably be lack of recoil? needed... But it also obviously generates lots of signals so let's see... 7kms is also just the range of Anti aircraft guns and some missles, I am not sure how small a missle though... Am not an expert

[@user-nv9ni9ej5d]

This First Post new company Owns by Reliance Industries Limited (Ambani) So, you cannot expect any neutral local news , but international

[@aoong4670]

China have already 😂

[@dhanlad9649]

hahaha want me to spoil the fun, glass powder laser cant penetrate it reflects, : )

[@jumahamis227]

Some hello gaminng weapons in real life 😂

[@goldenarcher2430]

Please donate some to the Philippines..

[@iancoles1349]

Hurry up

[@bhakavathyadithan]

Do India has any defence mechanism like iron dome or missiles are going to fall on us? What are our netas doing ? We too have enemies like China. First post could you please make a video on it

[@Trader.Guruji]

Durga 2 and kaali 5000

[@sivuyilehendrickralarala4409]

I guess sci Fi & comic books HV become a reality...

[@harrie1]

Mirror mirror on the wall euh... Drone Simple mirror sticker says good buy bye.

[@FaceFcuk]

Nope😂

[@drincogni]

Hawaii 2023, its all the small group,playing all side towards each other.

[@Dreamwolfstudio]

Just need mirror to reflect the lazer !!!!

[@RizwanaliSayyed-to6sb]

Its beam

[@FaceFcuk]

It will burn straight through 😂it can burn through steel😂

[@djgenius626]

The Americans been has lazers

[@riteshvizz9786]

Palki should not be covering defence news.. 😅😅

[@Katman718]

This conversation is outdated as this weapon has already been used this week

[@r.p._prathamesh_]

This is copied from Tesla's..Death Rat experiment He was brilliant electrical engineer ❤

[@NTKM-om9vn]

Is it capable of shooting down a hypersonic missile?

[@OtepArc]

yep possible, more upgrade and it will be there.

[@Alice-7777]

Nope it's a trash

[@Pieces93]

@@Alice-7777hello Nazi

[@Pieces93]

@@Alice-7777hello Nazi

[@Pieces93]

@@Alice-7777hello Nazi

[@VIJAYGACHANDES]

Tsslas death ray

[@orange7742]

What if the drones are covered with mirror 🤔

[@RizwanaliSayyed-to6sb]

There is diffrence between laser light and laser beam🤧

[@RizwanaliSayyed-to6sb]

But one problem is laser shield

[@FaceFcuk]

It will burn straight through next question 😂

[@monikaflisnik6627]

😅 " Wiązkę która się oddziela możecie sobie nazwać " włosem proroka Mahometa " 😅 " Cymbały " 🥳👍

[@tauraidube]

😅😅

[@kariyaallah8224]

@monikaflisnik6627 U must to be ignorant to make a jokes about (Prophet Muhammad Peace Be UponHim)

[@speakerfreaker100]

lets hope the enemy doesn't invent mirrors

[@Pieces93]

Mirrors wouldn’t make a difference, unless they fitted military grade mirrors used for lasers… at which point would make the drone not cost efficient in the slightest. Normal mirrors would melt very quickly, due to there atomic makeup not being designed to absorb that much energy, as you must remember a mirror is never 100% reflective, so if the mirror is receiving 500kw of power and it is absorbing let’s say 5% of that, that would be 25kw or energy that would be converted into heat which would then melt the mirror.

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

​​​@@Pieces93 plus imagine a drone covered in mirrors you would see it from 10k away 😂

[@vikasrai338]

laser travel in straight line, line of sight, also can't have long range. very little advantage on today's warfare. And who knows, next gen (everything) will just have a protective shield. Sounds more like a science project. being advertised as atom bomb.

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

Well but way cheaper than surface to air missiles to counter drones

[@vikasrai338]

@@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq yeah that's true. But it makes sense of it is practical and useful. War is very critical and bigger than life and death. Already thousands of crores are pour into. In such a case, cheaper laser shots may not matter. Anyway they are talking about imaginary running cost. In reality it's not true. This weapon system itself will be thousands of crores. Many parts will wear very fast. It will need to be protected by normal systems, causing hundreds of crores. This system will also be bulky. Then it's purely defensive system. Due to small range, line of sight limitation and very limited effect on material or probably mirrors or deflectors, it doesn't attracts. Just imagine how many seconds if it has for flying target. Probably not even a second, target will hardly come or remain in its range. This is just a concept. We have to see feedback from military. Send it to Ukraine or any war zone. I don't think military will want it. They will prefer pistol or a nice instead.

[@Benjd0]

@@vikasrai338 Yeah many new agencies are comparing these to missiles. That being said, missiles aren't the only defensive weapon modern warships rely on. Dragonfire is more likely to replace something like Phalanx CIWS, this costs $3,500 per second to fire and is basically a last ditch attempt at destroying incoming missiles with a wall of bullets. A laser can far more accurately and reliably target objects moving at speed, since you're not taking all kinds of other things into account like when firing a projectile.

[@vikasrai338]

@@Benjd0 hmm is it going to work on tonns of weight falling directly on target. And this thing hitting on last second. I tend to think, it's a lot of hope and all political justification wouldn't bring any real outcome. In armed forces, I believe, you may find lots of such projects where they are forced to justify that a particular thing is working when it actually not. We hit target with explosives, and some hit with impact i.e. huge kinetic energy. This thing is none.

[@Benjd0]

@@vikasrai338 "hmm is it going to work on tonns of weight falling directly on target." Why wouldn't it? It doesn't even have to completely destroy a drone or missile, just disable it, these things have a lot of sensitive equipment on board to guide them. At least with a laser, you can much more reliably hit a target, and even potentially a specific point on an aircraft. The question is how well can they focus the power onto as small a point as possible. Of course like any other military project it could go nowhere, but how would you ever advance if you never took the chance to try these things? We can only really speculate as we have very little knowledge of this laser and its capabilities. Personally I think initial iterations may not fully replace something like CIWS, but it could help lead to more powerful and refined versions.

[@GururajBN]

Probably the future wars will involve less personnel. You shoot something at me, and I bring it down with USD30 per shot laser. Seems much like the wars described in Ramayana and Mahabharata. More often, the target is the opponent‘a weapon than the opponent. Nevertheless, borders have to be patrolled and guarded!

[@user-rl7mt4gh3o]

we could be close to make the terminator a reality

[@rash8886]

Laser weapon fail if person use mirror glass on drone..

[@Joshpox]

This weapon doesn't use optical light, it will simply burn through a mirror.

[@noecadavona1862]

Test it in Red Sea.😂

[@RizwanaliSayyed-to6sb]

Machine cant save 😅

[@greenlantern9577]

China xi will going to buy this And will check the machines inside And will copy hahahahahs 😅😅😅😂😂😂😅😅

[@mohamedhalicelamina2215]

Russia has it Long time

[@jacktheripper-hp9tx]

dragon fire to bad india looks like china got that order

[@Random_videos__India]

Rs.1000 = 1 shot

[@JabastinS]

Move to Ukraine priority

[@zak-zr1xn]

It is the last opton when country get bankrupt.

[@kevinwijaya1715]

Where is Iron Beam from Israel? Propaganda is massive for several years.

[@ZuulGatekeeper]

Iron Beam is an installation & as such it's too big to be anything but a ground static defence system. The company that makes it also does smaller mobile devices for use on ships or large vehicles but they're not in the same power range but they plan to have systems like Dragonfire operational in the next few years.

[@lexluong8155]

20 drones will destroy this clunky laser weapon in a second.

[@Pieces93]

Stop the cap! 20 drones wouldn’t make it within half a mile or this weapon 😂😂😂

[@syedkawsaraza]

Just wait for few hours and we all will see how useless these laser are and how effective Iran drones are😂

[@rpawankumar]

Thinking how AI with this technology can be a game changer 🫡

[@josue_kay]

I have more faith in their ever failing trident missile defence system than I do this gimmick.

[@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground]

Trident is american

[@Pieces93]

Hah seems you are just a hater… seems cause the brits are gonna be first to invent something game changing (yet again) and all we hear is someone like you getting all butthurt! Which country are you from Josue??? I’m interested to know why you have so much hate for innovation.

[@Pieces93]

Why so offended??? Do you not like innovation, or are you just salty cause the brits beat you to the punch?

[@shafiqsoomro5531]

Why don't the fool understand even a small mirror can be used to defend itself from laser

[@Benjd0]

Alright, you just mount mirrors all over your tiny drones and lets see how well it goes.

[@Pieces93]

If you understood Thermodynamics, you would realise what you said is extremely stupid 😂😂😂

[@danielikechukwu7681]

Beautiful junk Just like all the western game changers being deployed in Ukraine.

[@MinnaShiam]

To clean nutenyahus shoes

[@zisun7483]

India durga2 is the best laser weapon in the world because it has Sinta Durga blessing. India produces at the blessing of fire deity Durga.

[@fritzeph6550]

The true test is to hit Elon Musk's satellite 🛰️😂

[@thegeneralchannel9491]

The laser made In israel 🇮🇱

[@arjalanarayan]

PhD

[@You_are_absoultely_right]

I bet they hired some Chinese company to name the toy.....😂😂😂

[@Pieces93]

You_are_absolutely_wrong 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@user-ve6df1sn2s]

Come in muslims take uk .bring your boats and take it good .

[@mac2626]

Sure thing Comrade.

[@ByteLaughs461]

UK lol please next