战术激光武器的发展动向

Development Trend of Tactical Laser Weapons

机载、星载、舰载、车载等不同平台应用的战术激光武器发展现状表明,尽管现有系列试验都只能在较近射程上打击火箭弹、无人机等目标,但却体现了战术激光武器的实战前景。战术激光武器的关键技术主要有高能脉冲或脉冲/连续复合固体激光器技术、合束技术等。激光武器的发展趋势已由超高功率战略威慑转向中低功率战术应用;舰载激光武器有望成为最先实战装备;天基激光武器由于其具有极高的战略价值、无大气影响的绝佳的太空工作环境,以及无需太高的激光功率等优点,成为激光武器研究的重要方向之一。激光武器在不久的将来会成为改变现有战争形态的一种颠覆性武器。

Recent development of aircraft-based, satellite-based, ship-based and vehicle-based tactical laser weapons shows the practical prospects of tactical laser weapons, although existing series of experiments could only beat targets like rockets, unmanned aerial vehicle and so on at short range. Key technologies of tactical laser weapons include high energy pulse or composite （cw and pulse together） solid laser technology, beam combination technology, etc. The development trend of laser weapons has made a transition from super high power strategic overawe to low power tactical application. The ship-based laser weapons are expected to be the first actual combat equipment; the development of space-based laser weapons is one of the important directions of laser weapon research because of their important strategic value, the ideal working condition in space without air and no need of high laser power. In the near future, laser weapons will be the subversive weapons that can change existing war forms.