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The prospect of UK forces being armed with laser weapons has taken a step closer to reality with the awarding of a \u00a330m Ministry of Defence contract.<\/p>\nEl contrato de MoD apunta a que el ej\u00e9rcito y la armada utilicen la tecnolog\u00eda a mediados de la d\u00e9cada de 2020 y la fuerza a\u00e9rea a mediados de la d\u00e9cada de 2030. El contrato fue para el consorcio UK Dragonfire, dirigido por MBDA, para desarrollar “un arma de energ\u00eda dirigida por l\u00e1ser”. La fecha objetivo para la demostraci\u00f3n de un sistema l\u00e1ser es para 2019.<\/p>\n
The prospect of UK forces being armed with laser weapons has taken a step closer to reality with the awarding of a \u00a330m Ministry of Defence contract.<\/p>\n
The deal, announced on Thursday, is to assess the potential of the laser as a weapon, with the aim of having a product in place by the mid-2020s.<\/p>\n
The first sea lord, Admiral Sir George Zambellas, said in a security conference speech in 2015 that said\u00a0he hoped the Royal Navy would have developed a ship-mounted laser cannon by 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n The contract is intended to develop lasers for use by all the armed services. The tests will see whether a laser can disrupt and eventually destroy drones, missiles and other targets. The intention is to have lasers operational by the army and navy by the mid-2020s and by the air force by the mid-2030s.<\/p>\n