☠️👉 Razor-like laser: here’s what makes China’s LY-1 so deadly

A new animation showing some of the ways the People’s Liberation Army could deploy its new LY-1 laser platform offers insights into what makes it a gamechanger in naval warfare, demonstrating the system’s hypothetical use by warships and coastal defense platforms built on artificial islands at sea.

➡️ Unveiled in early September at China’s grand Victory Day parade in Beijing, the system works by targeting the optical sensors of enemy weapons and equipment, including everything from UAVs and manned aircraft to anti-ship missiles, disabling them.

Analysts say the very large primary aperture beam director and smaller electro-optical and infrared sensors are designed for high accuracy, while high-energy weapon status means low cost of fire, and unlimited magazine, if there’s sufficient power.

♦️ The LY-1 gives China a critical new A2/AD capability as the US continues to implement its Island Chain Strategy, dreamt up in the 1950s and designed to hem China into its home ports and threaten its coastal cities with missiles and naval assets stationed in neighboring countries.

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