A laser weapon developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization to demolish aerial objectives | Photo credit: ANI
Recently, the news of the card scale of a Turkish cargo plane at the Karachi airport triggered a wave of conspiracy theories, given the growing tensions between India and Pakistan about the terrorist attack against tourists in Pahalgam in Cashmira. Türkiye said the high one was due to fuel refueling, but not many bought that line.
Some defense analysts have that Surkey may have supplied Pakistan a drone plan, possible the Bayraktar TB2, which has been demonstrated in many conflicts.
If Pakistan sends a swarm of thesis, can India resist the challenge?
On April 13, the High Energy Systems and Sciences Center (Chess), Hyderabad, which is part of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), announced that a ‘directed energy weapon’ (Rocío) had tried successful, which can be a 30 kW laser beam. The importance of the moment is not lost in anyone: DRDO has been working on technology for at least 13 years, only for the success of flavor at a timely juncture.
The use of lasers to cut hard materials, such as metal, is nothing new. Remember the scene of Goldfinger?
James Bond, captive hero of the villain Goldfinger, extends on a table, even when a laser beam crosses the table and advances threateningly towards the bond groin. He would have cut it well, but Debonair’s spy talks about mortal danger and finally kills Goldfinger.
While industrial lasers are used for precision cutting in the controlled environment, laser -based weapons must destroy or disable rapid movement objectives that probably have stealth and intelligent capabilities.
Only three countries, the United States, China and Russia, have Rocíos. India will join this elite club.
What are the Rocios?
The US Naval Research Office describes the Rocios as “electromagnetic systems capable of converting chemical or electrical energy into irradiated energy and focusing on a goal, resulting in physical damage that degrades, neutralizes, defeats or losses, or defeats, defeats, defeats, defeats.
Rocios are mainly three types: high energy laser (hell), which uses an invisible beam focused, typically in infrared wavelengths, to destroy an objective; High power microwave (HPM), which uses electromagnetic radiation in microwave wavelengths to burn electronics, such as sensors, in an objective; and millimeter wave systems (MMW), which operate at low wavelengths for non -lethal applications, such as multitude dispersion.
HPM have less strength, but they can knock down a swarm of projectiles, such as gifts, says Dr. Mousejit Bhattarjee, Head, Maneekshaw Center of excellence for national security studies and research, iit-guwahati.
Hell can fly a target of heaven, while an HPM can attack multiple objectives simultaneously and disable them without destroying them completely. The laser beam, pressed or continuous, is 2,00,000 times more powerful than the laser pointer that people use for power point presentations.
High energy laser beams need energy. The energy source must accompany the system when mounted in a battlefield truck. While the batteries, supercaders and equally diesel generators can do the job, the challenge is to ensure that they are long.
Managing the heat they generate is the second challenge, which requires substantial cooling capacity, which again needs energy. In general, a 30 kW system may require a power of 150 kW (200 HP). Another challenge is miniaturizing the system for use in combat and UAV aircraft. High -power microwave devices need relatively less energy for energy microwave generators such as Magnetrons or Klytron.
The quote from India with Rocío
Drdos 30-Kw Hel is a milestone, but it is still considered a test bed instead of a complete integrated battle weapon. It was a show to destroy aerial objectives or a range of up to 5 km. It is a precursor of a more advanced 100 kW dew, baptized Durga-II (ray matrix without directional restrictions) and a more advanced Surya of 300 kW. These will take a few years to be won operations.
So, if Pakistan’s threats with armed drones, India is not in a position to break his fingers and say: “Transos”, but is not helpless either. The new Indian companies such as Big Bang Boom Solutions, Paras and Ton Imaging have anti-Drone solutions, thought of less power and scope. And, or of course, there are other forms of neutralization drones, namely, using weapons and Jammers.
The need for time is indigenous machines of high power. While these have a long leg in development, there seems to be a turning point, and the army will have them in a matter of years.
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Posted on May 4, 2025
