There are ongoing studies to see just how far the Navy could take laser technology in defeating even hypersonic threats in the future, Clark said, but getting lasers on ships is a matter of when, not if.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe laser being able to shoot down cruise missiles: that will happen,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s not a particular technical challenge with that. It\u2019s about developing a laser with the form factor that will fit on a ship and a ship with the power capacity to power it. That\u2019s a doable proposition.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The requirement for the laser stems from the proliferation of high-tech anti-ship cruise missiles that travel at ever-increasing speeds with greater degrees of sophistication. Old Aegis doctrine called for ships to shoot two anti-air missiles at an incoming threat, look to see if it the first salvos were effective, then shoot again if need be. Ideally, an incoming missile wouldn\u2019t get within 100 miles of its intended target.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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But the U.S. believes China and Russia are developing tactics and systems to force ships to expend all their missiles defending against an incoming salvo by firing more missiles than the ships can shoot down with their load-out \u2013 a saturation attack designed to leave the ships helpless after a certain number of salvos. Defending against saturation attacks with other missiles is not only something that can be defeated by firing more missiles than the ships can defend against, it\u2019s also mindlessly expensive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The goal of lasers is to start to make those kinds of attacks cost more for an adversary to launch than it costs the Navy to defend against. There is also the practical benefit of having an inexhaustible supply of ammunition, so long as the power is running to the weapon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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But there are still issues to work out, Clark said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf you have directed energy, it\u2019s \u2018shoot until you think you\u2019ve killed the thing you are shooting at and then move on to the next target,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that gets back to \u2018what\u2019s the requirement for the power.\u2019 Because even with a 1-megawatt laser, you still have finite amount of time you have to engage every target. And your one laser can only do one thing at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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That means that even with lasers on ships, missiles to shoot down missiles will still be necessary for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIf you have a salvo coming in, it will hit some number of them, but a lot depends of their geometry, how good a shot you get at them, how the threats are spaced, how far away they are,” said Clark. “The laser can get maybe two, three, five or six of them, then they are on you. So, you have to have some kinetic weapons as well to fill the gap.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WASHINGTON \u2013 The U.S. Navy\u2019s Director of Surface Warfare<\/a> is ready to bet the farm on using lasers to shoot down missiles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n