{"id":17947,"date":"2025-12-20T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=17947"},"modified":"2025-12-20T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:46:01","slug":"japon-ensaya-un-arma-de-energia-dirigida-montada-en-un-buque-de-guerra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=17947","title":{"rendered":"Jap\u00f3n ensaya un arma de energ\u00eda dirigida montada en un buque de guerra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La Agencia de Adquisiciones de Tecnolog\u00eda y Log\u00edstica (ATLA) del Ministerio de Defensa de Jap\u00f3n, ha presentado su prototipo de Arma de Energ\u00eda Dirigida (DEW) L\u00c1SER montada sobre un buque de guerra, que cumple las funciones de \u201cplataforma laboratorio\u201d para el ensayo de diferentes tecnolog\u00edas emergentes en desarrollo como DEW, Railgun, etc. Seg\u00fan la informaci\u00f3n proporcionada por ATLA, se trata de un sistema L\u00c1SER de 100kw que tendr\u00eda la capacidad de neutralizar amenazas a\u00e9reas como peque\u00f1os drones, proyectiles de artiller\u00eda y cohetes. El inter\u00e9s de Jap\u00f3n en el desarrollo de DEW no es nuevo, pero se observa en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os un especial crecimiento de los programas espec\u00edficos, con el objetivo de operacionalizar los sistemas en el menor tiempo posible. Participan en estos programas empresas japonesas como Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) y Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) entre otras.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Japanese military appears to have installed a high-energy laser weapon aboard a warship for testing, according to new footage of the system.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J8djec-zIy8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube video<\/a>\u00a0published on December 3 by defense observer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/agcdetk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@agcdetk<\/a>\u00a0shows a prototype laser weapon system developed by the Japan Ministry of Defense\u2019s Acquisition, Technology &amp; Logistics Agency (ATLA) on the deck of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) experimental testbed ship JS Asuka, a floating laboratory for advanced weapons that recently played host to the service\u2019s much-hyped\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.laserwars.net\/p\/japan-electromagnetic-railgun-us-navy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electromagnetic railgun<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The system, designed to defeat incoming drones and mortar rounds, fuses ten 10 kilowatt fiber lasers into a single 100 kw array,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/japan-tests-100-kw-ship-based-laser-weapon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to ALTA. The weapon appears housed in two 40-foot containers that include a beam director mounted on a sleek white turret along with the requisite power and cooling subsystems.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u8a66\u9a13\u8266\u3042\u3059\u304b100 kW\u7d1a\u30ec\u30fc\u30b6\u30fc\u30b7\u30b9\u30c6\u30e0 \u6d0b\u4e0a\u8a66\u9a13\u3078\u672c\u683c\u59cb\u52d5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J8djec-zIy8\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s interest in high-energy lasers is not new, but the pace of development has accelerated in recent years. A 2023 ALTA report\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/atla\/research\/ats2023\/pdf_oral_matl\/14_1640.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notes<\/a>\u00a0that the MOD initiated research into chemical lasers in 2010 to determine the feasibility of a system capable of tracking and destroying targets before eventually pivoting to more practical, electrically-powered fiber lasers architectures. In 2021, ALTA awarded contracts to Japanese manufacturers Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to develop 10 kw and 100 kw demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>These investments quickly paid off. KHI\u2019s demonstrator successfully defeated 81mm mortar shells and small trials during trials in February 2023, according to the ALTA report. In November 2024, ALTA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.laserwars.net\/p\/japan-military-laser-weapon-truck-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unveiled<\/a>\u00a0a 10 kw laser weapon mounted to a command station on an 8&#215;8 truck chassis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.janes.com\/osint-insights\/defence-news\/defence\/update-japan-unveils-high-energy-laser-c-uas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developed in partnership<\/a>\u00a0with MHI.<\/p>\n<p>The weapon that appeared on the deck of the Asuka appears to be an evolution (or perhaps even a repackaging) of the existing KHI demonstrator. Based on the containerized configuration, the system looks virtually identical to the unit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tqhjQwiYyTY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used in the 2023 trials<\/a>. This aligns with KHI\u2019s messaging: at DSEI 2025 this past May, company officials\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navalnews.com\/event-news\/dsei-japan-2025\/2025\/05\/kawasaki-showcases-for-the-first-time-naval-version-concept-of-their-direct-energy-weapon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emphasized<\/a>\u00a0that its naval variant was \u201cstill a concept,\u201d as Naval News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navalnews.com\/event-news\/dsei-japan-2025\/2025\/05\/kawasaki-showcases-for-the-first-time-naval-version-concept-of-their-direct-energy-weapon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">put it<\/a>\u00a0at the time, suggesting that the version aboard Asuka is more of a test article than a near-term operational model.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17949\" style=\"width: 1456px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/httpssubstack-post-media.s3.amaz2_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1456\" height=\"971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/httpssubstack-post-media.s3.amaz2_.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/httpssubstack-post-media.s3.amaz2_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/httpssubstack-post-media.s3.amaz2_-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/httpssubstack-post-media.s3.amaz2_-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kawasaki Heavy Industries laser weapon system during testing in February 2023. (ALTA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That prototype sits within a much larger, long-term investment push. The MoD\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/en\/d_act\/d_budget\/pdf\/fy2025_20250411a.pdf\" rel=\"\">requested<\/a>\u00a0\u00a518.3 billion ($118.4 million) in R&amp;D funding related to shipboard laser weapons in fiscal year 2025, slightly below the \u00a519.1 billion ($123.6 million) requested\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/en\/d_act\/d_budget\/pdf\/20241126a.pdf\" rel=\"\">the previous year<\/a>, according to government budget documents. This past July, ALTA issued a solicitation to prospective defense contractors regarding the \u201cResearch and Prototyping of Shipborne Laser Systems,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250717022810\/https:\/\/trafficnews.jp\/post\/565740\" rel=\"\">per<\/a>\u00a0media reports, with R&amp;D scheduled from fiscal 2025 to 2029 and testing to validate the system slated to conclude by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Taken together, those timelines suggest that Japan\u2019s laser efforts are maturing just in time for integration into its future surface combatants. An MOD spokesman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.janes.com\/osint-insights\/defence-news\/weapons\/jmsdf-mulls-over-new-class-of-railgun-equipped-destroyers\" rel=\"\">told<\/a>\u00a0Jane\u2019s in July 2024 that the JMSDF was studying the integration of laser weapons into the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navalnews.com\/event-news\/cne-2024\/2024\/06\/japan-sets-course-for-new-13ddx-air-defence-destroyer\/\" rel=\"\">13DDX air defense destroyers<\/a>, a next-generation class that could represent Japan\u2019s first warships built from the keel up with directed energy weapons in mind. This continues an effort\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/armyrecognition.com\/news\/navy-news\/2015\/japan-defense-ministry-unveiled-details-of-q27ddq-class-railgun-a-laser-armed-aegis-destroyer\" rel=\"\">dating back at least<\/a>\u00a0to 2015 to arm warships with both kinetic and energy-based interceptors.<\/p>\n<p>While the system aboard Asuka is almost certainly a prototype, Japan\u2019s move to test a high-energy laser system at sea marks a significant milestone in its slow but steady march toward operational directed energy weapons. And with the global pursuit of naval laser weapons\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.laserwars.net\/p\/uk-royal-navy-dragonfire-laser-weapon-contract\" rel=\"\">only accelerating<\/a>\u00a0amid the rising threat of low-cost weaponized drones, Japan clearly isn\u2019t content to watch the race unfold from the pier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fuente:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laserwars.net\/p\/japan-naval-laser-weapon-warship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>https:\/\/www.laserwars.net<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Agencia de Adquisiciones de Tecnolog\u00eda y Log\u00edstica (ATLA) del Ministerio de Defensa de Jap\u00f3n, ha presentado su prototipo de Arma de Energ\u00eda Dirigida (DEW)&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17950,"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17947\/revisions\/17950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}