Could China’s sixth-generation fighter carry a laser to defend against incoming missiles?

Beijing expo display offers strongest public hint yet that China is developing airborne laser systems for advanced fighter aircraft China may be aiming to equip its sixth-generation fighter jets with laser weapons that experts say could help defend them against incoming missiles. According to social media posts, the booth display said the system weighed less than 380kg (838lbs), although key performance figures were partly obscured. Transmission power was listed as “*00kW” – implying at least 100kW if the asterisk concealed a single digit – while the system’s dynamic tracking accuracy, a measure of how precisely it could maintain its aim over time, was redacted as “* μrad (RMS)”.

Read the full article at the source →