In recent years, the development of green laser pointer technology has been very rapid, and great progress has been made in the industrial, civil and military fields. The most popular in the field of laser weapons is China and the United States. Along with the most widely used and best-developed solid-state lasers and fiber lasers, major technological breakthroughs have been made. Both China and the United States have successively launched practical tactical-grade fiber laser weapons with a launch power of 30 kW, on short-range air defense. The performance is eye-catching and can effectively intercept low-altitude targets such as anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles and drones. The US military also plans to spread the fiber green laser pointer technology to very fast weapons to destroyers, bombers and even fighters, while China is leading the way in the core technology of strategic-grade solid-state laser weapons (KBBF crystal).
Another major military giant, Russia, relies on the strong military industry left by the former Soviet Union. It is a boom in the field of relatively traditional weapons such as supersonic bombers, supersonic anti-ship missiles, nuclear warheads, ballistic missiles, and nuclear submarines. The performance of new concept weapons such as drones, stealth aircraft, electromagnetic guns and laser weapons is lacking, which is related to Russia's economic situation and R&D investment. In fact, as early as the 1960s, the former Soviet Union began to develop ground mobile laser weapons, and in the early 1970s successfully destroyed the goal of flying at high speed in the air. Since then, in order to meet the needs of intercepting ballistic missiles and anti-satellite, the Soviet Union will again focus on the laser weapons of space-based and space-based platforms. In 1981, the Soviet Union used the Il 76 transport aircraft to be converted into an airborne laser weapon experimental platform A60, and completed the aerial shooting experiment, which led the US ABL airborne laser weapon project for more than a decade. In 1983, the United States proposed "Star Wars", which stimulated the Soviet Union to launch an 80-ton unmanned spacecraft with 1 megawatt of high-power carbon dioxide green laser pointer technology to develop a very fast weapon project, aiming to destroy satellites and ballistic missiles in space, but unfortunately Ended due to the failure of the space launch.
During this period, the former Soviet Union carried out a large number of world-leading laser weapons research and development projects, but with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, its successor countries faced economic difficulties and the decline of national strength, unable to inherit the chemical laser and carbon dioxide laser, bulky, bulky, The weapon system with low unit power, this world-leading project is gradually falling behind. In recent years, watching China and the United States frequently break through in the rapid development of green laser pointer technology, Russia is not willing to show weakness, and gradually restarted the development of laser weapons.
In July 2018, the Russian Ministry of National Defense released a series of test and test videos of a new type of weapon. One of the in-vehicle laser weapon systems called "Warrior" attracted a lot of interest. The laser weapon system is carried by a wheeled container military truck. It is a stupid black and rough image of the Russian-made weapons. The equipment is relatively compact and obviously has a relatively mature technical state. It should be judged from the appearance. Fiber laser weapon for short-range air defense. This indicates that the development of Russian laser weapons has been in line with the international mainstream, and the future development prospects should not be underestimated. The Russian side did not show the screen of the target, nor did it announce the specific performance indicators. Only the "Warrior" vehicle laser weapon system has been delivered to the troops.