Izikhali ze-laser maduze zizoba ingxenye ebalulekile yemikhumbi yasolwandle, abasha nabadala. Inkontileka yokuqala yokufakwa kwe-multi-level laser defense (LLD) ku itholwe ngu-Lockheed Martin.
Inkontileka ka-Lockheed Martin ka-$22,4 million ne-Office of Naval Research (ONR) ukuthuthukiswa nokuhlanganiswa kohlelo lwezikhali lwe-prototype Layered Laser Defense (LLD) emkhunjini we-U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Kunolwazi lokuthi i-USS Little Rock (LCS-9) ingaba ngeyokuqala ukuthola izikhali ze-laser. Imikhumbi yasogwini isebenza kokubili emanzini ase-US nasezindaweni ezibucayi zemikhumbi yasolwandle njenge-Persian Gulf.
Uhlelo lokuhlomisa imikhumbi yempi yasogwini ngokuvikelwa kwe-laser enamazinga amaningi lwenzelwe ukukhulisa ukusinda komkhumbi namandla awo okuteleka. Isibonelo, ukuvikela ekuhlaselweni ngama-drones, abizayo futhi ayingozi ukudubula phansi ngezikhali ezijwayelekile (ikakhulukazi emanzini akho), kuya ngokuya kusebenza.
U-Lockheed Martin kufanele athuthukise izixazululo ze-modular ngokugxila ekuvikeleni izikhali ze-laser endaweni yasolwandle. Umsebenzi wokuklama, ukukhiqiza nokufakwa kwamamojula emkhunjini, kanye nokulungiswa kwamamojula e-laser azohlolwa emkhunjini olwandle, kufanele kuqedwe ngoJulayi 2021.
Abantu baseMelika basebenza kakhulu kunabaseYurophu ekuhlomiseni imikhumbi ngezikhali ze-laser. Ngakho-ke, i-European Defence Agency (EDA) kuze kube manje kuphela ukuthola ukuhlolwa kochwepheshe kwamathuba ezikhali ze-laser ezisekelwe olwandle. Nokho, amaJalimane anquma ukuba ngowokuqala eYurophu kule ndaba ngisho nangehlobo eledlule izikhali laser standard for missile corvettes.
Source: 3dnews.ru