China Test-Fires New Laser-Based C-UAS

China’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) released images on 28 November showing the test-firing in Beijing of what appears to be a new counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS).

The shelter (ISO container)-based, truck-mounted C-UAS, which the MND refers to as a short-range air defense system, appears to be carried by at least two vehicles: one features detection and jamming equipment while another is fitted with a laser-based weapon.

The detection and jamming vehicle is equipped with a radar, an electronic jamming system, and a small electro-optical (EO) ball turret, all of which are mounted on the shelter’s roof.

A laser emitter, a tracker (EO and thermal), and a laser range-finder are present on a stabilized elevatable and rotatable platform that is mounted on the roof of another shelter.

Photo: China Mail released images on 28 November of what appears to be the detection vehicle of a new shelter-based, truck-mounted C-UAS. The vehicle is equipped with a radar, an electronic jamming system and a small electro-optical ball turret, all of which are mounted on the shelter’s roof. (Via eng.chinamil.com.cn)

Source: Jane’s 360

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