Iron Beam: The Latest Update to Israel's Defences
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Long thought to be the stuff of science fiction, Israel recently announced that they're working on the world's first energy based weapon’s system. Capable of shooting down missiles from 7km's away and running at a cost of just $3.50 per interception, it is considered to be the future of air defense, and might change the face of war forever.
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as far as i can tell the main improvement in the laser system is that they found a way to make it work in less than ideal conditions by making it more powerfull, at least thats what i read
in any case at 3.5 a shot , its going to make their enemies missile less cost effective ...
Free palestine
Of course you say "Israel has been subject to aggression off [Arab countries" but conveniently ignore all Israel's aggression... Which BTW for the past 30 years has been the one doing all the invasions and terroristic strikes on foreign soil against civilians... Ur clearly biased. Would be nice if u AT LEAST TRIED/PRETENDED to give an un-biased accounting... Let me guess, it's PROVOCATIVE/AGGRESSIVE for Iran to build nukes for self defense, but it's just A OK and DEFENSIVE when Israel does it ... And holds it's neighbors hostage with said capability...
I love when 15% of a 9.5min youtube clip is an ad...
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Even if this laser cost $1000 a shot, the ROI would still be insane. Almost dollar-dollar cost vs the incoming rockets. $3.50 is just astounding.
$3.50 is almost certainly an underestimate (probably based purely on energy consumption).
But there’s no doubt that the real number is still many, MANY times lower than the Iron Dome’s cost.
obviously that doesn't account for the initial costs for obtaining the system ... it's basically "After they have invested hundreds of millions, maybe even some billions, of $ in research and development, and also in building a few working units, ... after deployment, the additional costs for each individual "shot" are just 3.50 for electricity, instead of a 100k$ missile."
But of course, especially for Israel which can expect to be targeted by thousands of missiles - per week- in any future war, it makes a lot of sense to have a system which (even with huge one-time costs for development and deployment) is very economic in the long run / for very high numbers of shots. And which can defend against a higher number of almost simultaneously attacking hostile missiles/rockets.
@@tobyk.4911 yup. I’ll take “cheap and fast rocket destruction” for $3,000,000,000 any day
Would be a great jeopardy category :D
@@rainmannoodles Instead the initial cost of Iron Bema will be many, many times higher than Iron Dome.
@@tobyk.4911 Yes it regarding direct cost compared with 50k+ for an iron Dome rockets. Without development investment.
And without logistics or units since they are already there and paid for (very little. Israeli soldiers aren't paid much during their mandatory service)
The main breakthrough here, and something that wasn't mentioned in this clip, is that Iron Beam is said to be the first military laser to exceed 100 KW in energy output without melting itself.
That's the real advancement..
Yeah, lasers are cool, except when firing.
US Navy has i think 6-10 Ships equipped with to test the HELIOS 60kw "Dazzler" and are on currently 2-3 Flight IIA Burkes and couple LCS's and the rest on variety of Drone ships to test the hell out of and ensure proof of concept behind the entire "laser based anti-missile/Hypersonic missile defense" over an moving fleet in an dynamic warspace.. Anyway the Flight III's Burkes(the new ones with fancy new SPY-6 Radars!!!) are supposedly to all be fielded with 150-300kw Defensive energy weapons not likely as they're built, not the first 2 or so until the weapon actually finishes developement ..
The DDG(X) that was just announced, will start Construction 2028-30 and have 2 X 600 KW Anti-hypersonic Lasers...
@@scottsauritch3216 interesting stuff. Perhaps I should stipulate that Iron Beam is the only laser with greater than 100 KW *that is actually being deployed in the field*.
I'm sure that the USA has more powerful ones either in development or in testing.
Still, both countries share quite a lot of tech, so I'm sure that there will be many advancements in the near future.
The USA army will test a 300KW laser in 2022, and want a terawatt pulsed laser with a goal of 5 terawatt this avoids the heat problems associated with a continuous beam laser
Val Kilmer did that in the 80s
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The Iron Dome may cost $ 100,000 per missile but you forget that it prevents greater damage that will cost more than the missile.
Who says he forgot? He merely mentioned how expensive it is in order to explain why the laser is necessary.
Because anyone with a brain would realize it’s implied. You’re not just gonna spend $100k and expect it not to make a decent return
They can spend as much as they want. But soon the European and American “jews” will be in the minority. Then we’ll see how humane they’ll be to their fellow citizens
Not when enemy is sending coy rockets in order to overwhelm the system. Like they did recently
How about helping the children of Gaza in a way that helps them with education and the economic situation there? Would be of much more help in lessening the violence.
$3.50?! It was right around that time that I realized the prime minister was a 3 story tall Paleozoic monster! I said Damnit Monster, I ain’t got no $3.50!
At around $0.50 per Kwh with an active time of 20sec $3.50 is pretty much smack bang on the cost
Beat me to it lol
Tree Fiddy
@@johnschroeder3072 I do believe you're missing the point.
It's from early South Park, season 3, iirc.
God damn loch Ness Monster
100k per missile is still cheaper than the cost of replacing buildings and infrastructure that get blown up without such defence.
For Israelis the cost of loosing lives is much higher than any cost sum of money
Especially with an enemy that aims for schools
@@yankee1376 Palestinian Hamas aren't aiming for Israeli military taregets the same way Israel is aiming for Hamas operatives. The palestinians simply want to kill as many lives as possible, civilian or otherwise even their own in failed rocket launch attempts and STILL blame it on Israel
That's not the buildings or money thats the souls with the minimum money that we can spend.
Yes but Israel needs a system that can cope with hundreds of missiles per hour. We will run out of interceptors within days. An energy weapon can fill the gap and bankrupt the enemy.
The applications for a weapon system like this are practically endless
It ends with mirror. 😂🤣😂
The system was actually renamed מגן אור - "Magen Or" , which means Light shield.
Sounds way better and more star wars like imo
it's mostly a question of maintaining context between systems when publicly discussed. the system can easily have more than one name just like David's sling/ magic wand
I still think they should have gone with "Laser Dome."
@@kanagawakenji7 That would be closer to כיפת לייזר. "Laser" doesn't really translate well to Hebrew because there's no Romanized equivalent. It's like calling Pizza "פיצה" or coffee "קפה".
@@kanagawakenji7 can't wait for the thunder dome
Goliath y u scared?
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I'm fairly sure Simon has done a MegaProjects/Sideprojects video all about the Iron Dome Defense system if anyone wants more on that.
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I totally want to know more about genocidal weapons of ethnic cleansing.
@@dootbunn7192 planning on helping Russia?
@@dootbunn7192 information bad! Is that it?
@@dootbunn7192 well it's a defense weapon, against a recognized terrorist organization.
It's like you're standing on a street corner and screaming I'm a moron.
What is the political and monetary cost if a rocket landed in populated area of Israel? I guess the damage to property and life would be at least $200k per strike? How much does it cause to demolish a damaged house and rebuild it? Lost of life? What is the property damage and lost of life when Israel retaliate against a sucessful rocket attack? Definitely cheaper to use these expensive missiles than let rockets land unchallenged.
The real cost is that at some point Israel needs to go to war to shoe that it is doing something about Hamas missiles.
Intercepting most missiles means that war only happens when it is really necessary and political pressure to do so drops drastically.
It really depends where they land. If they land on the outskirts of a city then the damage won't be severe. But if they hit downtown Tel Aviv then to quote Billy Mays.... That's a lotta damage!!
Don't forget that the Iron Dome also predicts the landing zone of the incoming missile and chooses not to intercept it if it calculated that it lands on open area or sea.
By protecting Israeli civilians, the politicians can take a much more measured stance vis-à-vis the terrorists, thus saving many Palestinian lives, as well as Israeli lives.
Even he remembers to link a video, he links the wrong one. Well done, Simon.
Two of the last things you said are connected: the aerial laser and the weather issue. The aerial laser is supposed to greatly mitigate weather issues, because often you can see from above what you cannot from below.
@Tree Comet It should be more than enough to carry batteries or fuel necessary to generate the energy, but the question is how much the entire system weighs. Clearly the developers seem to think it's possible - large cargo planes can carry tens of tons, so it seems like it should be possible.
@Tree Comet The aerial version is being tested right now so they clearly think that it is possible.
Hello, great video! I just want to say one thing
I am an Israeli and I served In the army and one of my best friends served in the brigade that worked with the Iron Dome.. so I can say with confidence that the irone Dome interception rate is higher then 90 it's closer to 100..
One of the main reasons why it's around 90% is because when the army sees that the rocket is going to fall in an open area where there is not much of a chance of people being there the army sends less rockets to intercept or it doesn't send any rockets at all.. so if you count the number of rockets sent to Israel from Gaza and the number that actually managed to hit something it looks like it's 90% but most of the time it's on purpose because as you said the Iron Dome is very expensive... But when the army really wants to intercept a rocket it's almost a guarantee hit.. alot closer to 100% than 90 % it's more like 98%
Couldnt help but notice you share your first name with baruch goldstein. I also couldn’t help but wonder if in your time serving in the Israeli Occupation Force, your body count of innocent palestinian civilians was comparable that of Goldstein’s? it is unfortunate how many innocents are targeted by the occupation forces. Shireen being one of the latest examples with countless unknown innocents before her. I hope you can appreciate why a growing number of your colleagues are joining the ‘breaking the silence’ movement.
@@zakattack901 Baruch is Name meaning "blessed",not all Baruchs born the same like not all Hassans(Nasrallah?)We proud of our IDF and we don't kill anyone but defend ourselves and our people from attacks.
@@zakattack901 i hope you understand that breaking the silence has been caught lying and are paid to do what they do. but stay salty bud
@@zakattack901 the salt is immeasurable
@@zakattack901 what's a "palestinian"?
It's things like these that make me proud to be a Jew and a Zionist.
Feels crazy seeing stories about lasers becoming real when you have a family member that tried to promote lasers and worked during the raegan administration and was involved in the Star wars project. Wonder what he woul have to say if he was still alive today
Told you so.
@@bkane573 yes
The most amazing part of this is, ironically, not the laser itself--it's the tracking and aiming system that lets the laser target an incoming threat and kill it. The US has had high powered lasers for decades, but one of the main reasons why this sort of system hasn't been developed here is because we haven't been able to work out the critical error of getting the laser to reliably connect with the target.
Of course, the scary thing about this is that a functional version of this system is only half a step away from a system that can be loaded onto a plane/large drone and synced with a facial recognition database to fly over an area, identify specific targets, and take them out with pinpoint precision. There is no need for an operator to identify the target on the video, as the computer could do it automatically and make the decision to fire within milliseconds of making the match and double checking. Seriously, welcome to sci-fi.
computers are terrible at recognizing faces, far too many false positives.
but something like this on a drone would be really devastating
I think it's actually beam quality rather than tracking that is the biggest issue to overcome.
I think this system will be assembled in Israeli fighter jets for dogfight,It is a defensive system and offensive
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This really isn't the case, like 100% wrong.
A drone with a $50 camera can do facial recognition when its video stream is headed to a $150 billion supercomputer.
However, I'd have to start wearing my foil hat if a drone smaller than a 747 can shoot anything with a continuous 150kw laser.
It's a tiny (2000x?) bit more charge than a couple of 18650s or a USB powerbank can provide, and that's assuming the 150kw is input power.
The next time you see a drone the size of a bus, wear your sunglasses, it might have a laser.
LOL, no. The tracking is the easy part.
Iron Beam comes after Chrome Dome. too easy, Simon?
They also have Davids Sling
@@ericgold8657 They also have trumpets which can knock down walls.
@@tincoffin , Seems JEWS in NYC and LA are NOT SAFE
5secs is pretty incredible. Fortunately their adversaries don't yet have hypervelocity missiles and the like.
Thank you for covering our technologies. Please keep in mind - those are only the public ones 😉
Nothing like the genius Israelis and their God gifted inventions.
May they always succeed in fighting the orcish hordes of islam and its violent and hate filled intentions.
They are literally an apartheid state.
@@ameerali.ouarda No they are absolutely not. islam though, is an apartheid RELIGION. It is dangerous to the progress of the world.
Nothing is more dangerous than the evil violence and obsession with death and conquest that is islam. It must be stopped at all costs.
Palestine will one day be free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 justice will prevail
@@zakattack901 Yes, the Islamic occupiers will be defeated, and the rest of the Holy Land will return to the Jews, who it belongs to.
US: "What do you need to destroy these missiles."
Israel: "Imma need about Tree-fiddy"
10The_Doctor10 - Who the hell are you trying to mimic?! That is not an Israeli's manner of speech.
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It's worth emphasizing that UAVs are a major use case of the system. Iron Dome can shoot down UAVs in theory, but the real-life success rate is around 0%, as it's really not built for that purpose. Right now Israel uses missiles shot from other UAVs for this purpose, but short UAV flights into its territory have been known to land safely. Iron Beam is not just excellent at destroying UAVs, it is also less affected by the weather: most UAVs that infiltrate Israel are for surveillance, which requires good weather, where the Iron Beam works best.
They will have a complete range around the Israeli borders.
The problem I have is that lasers bounce off of mirrors. What if they coat the missiles with reflective paint?
A light unto the nations
Amen.
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Will be interesting to see how the laws of armed conflict change when lasers are used in an anti-personnel capacity.
I’ve had discussions with JAGs; a common opinion is lasers would be prohibited for use against personnel because the lasers could be considered a “terror weapon”.
Silent, invisible, and inflicting wounds unlike anything else (severed limbs, blood exploding due to superheating to flash point, blinding…).
That's stupid. Those ideas come only from people knowing nothing about war.
As if a bullet wouldn't hurt and could be dogded because you can hear the shot.
@@AllisterCaine
These are the opinions of military lawyers who specialize in law of armed conflict.
That bullets make a sound (more accurately the gun), the location of the shooter can be found; there is risk inherent in the violent action of shooting a gun that isn’t present in a laser.
@@montithered4741 lawyers, of course. Lasers can be visible too... There is also inherent risk in firing a laser, it is as a device also dangerous to own troops and operators.
The same argument can be made for artillery shells. They are supersonic, and those who get hit never hear them coming- the whistling thing is made up by movies, though I think it is a thing in slower mortar rounds. Arguing which weapon is more humane when all of them are made to maim and kill is a cynical thing making sense to few people. There are plenty of vets/survivors who can attest to bullets being more cruel than they'd need to be. Get hit in the jaw and you will be fed through a tube for the miserable rest of your life.
Then again, lasers as handheld weapons of war are sci-fi right now. No energy source is portable enough.
You never hear the bullet that kills you. Bullets are no less terrifying than lasers, and a good deal more likely to inflict horrific kinetic injury.
@@Matt-yg8ub Exactly. Bullets are supersonic. If you hear it whiz by you were not the target or they missed.
Plus I bet you can easily see the laser system firing with any kind of FLIR thermal viewer. It would probably light up the sky if you're looking through one of those. FLIR technlogy is pretty much standard issue for modern military forces. My national guard unit had access to that tech in 2010.
As Israeli the system isn't only real but was already used in testing against hostile moltove cocktails drones and balloons that came from Gaza.
Obviously not yet used on missiles yet though.
By the way, the weather problem was solved not long ago, it can be used at night if it uses drones that "see" above ground. it's more complex than that but that's the gist of things.
Re: the first half, I don’t think its effective to compare the cost of the missile to the cost of the projectile it’s intercepting. Maybe better to look at it from the standpoint of cost of not intercepting it? Which int hat case, I’d say its well worth it
You’re right, but the point was that it’s much cheaper for the attacker to keep sending hundreds of missiles even with a small chance of a hit, compared to the defender’s cost of taking them down. So a war of attrition plays largely in favor of the attacker, not to mention the constant fear of a missile getting through.
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Was born and raised in Israel and an ex idf solider. Im really proud of the resources israel puts on civilian protection mechanism. It saved thousands of lives. All israeli cities are packed together so each missle can cause million of dollars in building and street damages, and ofc, can damage human lives which are the most precious.
So iron domes are totally worth it.
Hopefully there will be peace some day and theyll be uneeded :)
With the Pals, Peace will have to be won not negociated.
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Watching the Iron Dome in action at night is a an almost otherworldly spectacle.
Epic fireworks display for sure.
i really hoped to see the insane video of nighttime iron dome video from last year with dozens of intercepts.
Once the laser will be airborne, it should solve the weather issue, but this will require more research
Elbit systems already tested it successfully in Israel.
Incredible tech. Will be interesting to see how this advances.
The range has already been extended to 20 km according to some reports and an airborne version is being tested to overcome the weather issue.
it is reported air version in production
It is said to be first deployed in the south of Israel in early 2024. To cover the rest of the country will be months later. The US Marines have recently purchased additional Iron Dome units
the inverse square law can be a real bitch. (of course it kind of keeps us alive and safe from radiation also)
Beam diffraction and interference is kinda like a new frontier, because it’s going to be a major part and struggle of our future. Not only for defense….. but mainly communication.
It’s incredible the leaps and bounds that have been made, and if this is something folks are interested in…. definitely check out the “atomic frontier” UA-cam channel and his thesis video about beam diffraction algorithms.
Yeah, within the atmosphere, lasers are only ever going to be point defense weapons, which is what Iron Beam is. Also, for large weapons, "armoring" i.e. coating them with some sort of protective layer, will require much longer exposure times for the laser to destroy them, perhaps rendering the laser useless. Mortar shells and arty rockets are probably still going to be easily killed, however.
@@kylestoddard2881 Assuming the weather permits.
Probably the most underappreciated comment, despite being at the top
IMHO, inverse square law applies mainly to isotropic radiation, not necessarily laser beams that behave much differently.
@@is4737 and yet it still applies. even the best lasers struggle with actually having a parallel beam that doesn't have any angle to it.
additionally, it will still be affected by dispersion in the air, particulates/ fog, and atmospheric absorption.
they may place these systems near enough to cities so that although it has a limited radius of action it will still offer protection.
they also mentioned how they will continue working to build a similar system capable of being loaded on an armored vehicle or even an aerial platform. this will allow them to strategically move them around the battlefield
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This is what I told the police when I was 14 and they came to my house with complaints that I was pointing my laser pointer into neighbors homes and bedroom windows. I kept telling the police officer I was test my state of the art Iron Home Laser Protection System that I was developing! I was doing this to protect my family's property and lives from incoming mortar fire! To this date I can't understand why I was fined and since I was only in phase 1of my development, it caused years of technological set backs as my laser pointer was ultimately confiscated and destroyed. Think about how many lives I could have saved if local law enforcement and top financial investors (my parents) did pull the plug on my ground breaking research and development!
The question is if iron beam is capable to destroy above altitude for incoming icbm nukes.?
video starts at 1:35
Besides the cost benefits, what is even better is that it can target and destroy a missile and possible move on to the next target, while traditional missile defences trade 1 missile for another and the maximum amount of anti missile/rocket capabilities are limited by how much ammo they can carry, so they can be overwhelmed by more incoming missiles and be destroyed.
Imagine if this technology gets more advanced and they can target and destroy missiles much faster than 5 seconds and at a larger range, that would be almost flawless protection.
"Don't F with Israel" - God
Game changer
OH FINALLY SOMEONE IS REGARDING THIS
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With the US Navy testing Direct Energy Weaponry on the USS Ponce and with the debut of Israel’s Iron Dome, those know it alls who criticized the possibility of SDI or laser weaponry should be wailing and gnashing their collective teeth. So called science fiction ideas are always mocked and underestimated , yet in most cases, many examples of sci fi premises proved to be True.
Star Trek alone demonstrated many seemingly futuristic at the time, yet have come to fruition in our own lifetimes.
I'd say it's still too early to evaluate the practicability of Laser Weapons. While it has been shown that the technology works under testing conditions there is very little information about its durability under combat conditions and possible counter measures or mitigation strategies that potential targets could employ.
One has to remember that 16´´ cannons also work perfectly well as a weapons system, yet all navies all over the world have phased out all large caliber gun systems. Not because they don't work but because missiles are simply seen as more efficient.
It remains to be seen how valuable Lasers will be to Militarys in the future and whether they can surpass existing weaponry in any role.
@@postron5649 also: the US Navy has been working on Free Electron lasers which would allow the output frequency to be tuned to deal messy atmospheric conditions that frequently exist right above the ocean surface. Conversely their Phalanx CIWS fires so rapidly (up to 4500/min) that it is like a beam of bullets that doesn't give a damn about weather.
I suspect that when these technologies are fully developed these systems will be symbiotic point defence modules that cover each other's weaknesses.
G'day,
Let's see how this Laser works when someone rockets the Power Station when it's raining, or foggy weather ; and while the Electricity is unobtainable, then they rocket the "Jewish Sky Lasers" to almost quote US Congresswoman Perjury Traitor Greene...
Time will tell.
Such is life,
Have a good one.....
Stay safe.
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Ciao !
@@WarblesOnALot Ever heard of generators? Also, did you miss the part where the laser weapon is supposed to work alongside the Iron Dome?
@@limiv5272
G'day, show me a backup Generator capable of feeding a World Record holding Destructive Laser capable of frying a Missile in flight from 5 or 10 miles...; and I'll show you a Coal or Gas-fired Turbine-driven Generator wired into a different Arm of the Grid....
I've been living Off-Grid for 40 years, and thus I know a bit about Generators versus Gridpower.
The more interesting question is why do the people who claim to be THE Chosen Race of the Godtheory of Thou Shalt Not Kill, and of Judge Not Thy Fellow (Hu)Man, and of Vengence is MINE - saith the Lord...; why are they putting such very great FAITH in cobbling up and tinkering together the vast selection of Death Machines on which they choose to rely for their safety - on the day they EXPECT their Godtheory to be not worth a pinch of Shit to the Compost Heap, as far as defeating Israel's "Enemies " (Any Me's) is concerned...?
"Oh ye of LITTLE Faith..."
comes to mind.
Perhaps the Creator Godtheory of the entire Universe has decided to leave the Israelis, and everybody else who chooses to arm themselves "in case their Godtheory cannot deal with any perceived or apprehended threat"...; to their own devices to sort out all their own fearful bloodlust - as a response to their demonstrated lack of Faith...?
Bhutan is located between China and India, and they have never had any "Army" (to prevent their "Handies" from falling off ?) ; and they have never ever Bin-Invaded.
Every Nation which wastes money on stockpiling Death Machines to keep them "safe" in case "somebody attacks them" has then both been attacked, and has attacked other Nations.
The Creator Godtheory appears to be more effectively protecting Bhutan than Israel from the threat of being attacked..., perhaps because the Bhutanese have not been blasphemously preparing to kill any AnyMe's when their Godtheory is expected to drop the Ball ? Maybe stockpiling Weapons is a way of behaviourally demonstrating to one's Godtheory that one looks forward to having a ("Heroic") chance to fight to the Death ?
Why would the Godtheory of Peace want to aid or assist or protect a mob of Death-Machine Fetishists who aspire to a career polishing their Guns ?
My Godtheory is neither a Fool nor an Infant, so I wouldn't dare to expect the Godtheory to swallow such a transparently bullshit Rationalisation.
Israel, as EVERY other Nation stockpiling their Death Machines, "for the sake of 'safety'..." fully deserves EVERYTHING which goes wrong for them ; as the consequences of their systematic Blasphemy and Hypocrisy.
Pass the Popcorn mate, watching disingenuous Heretics burning each other is hungry work.
Such is life.
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
We are the best in the world in defense... And I'm sorry we were not able to help Ukraine with this but and big but the U.S will no let us give this tech to the Russians it's unfortunate but necessary.
Very cool I build custom handheld lasers.... nothing as powerful as these by any means but to see such a powerful laser in such a small compact unit is simply amazing would have liked to hear more about what nanometer the beam is, divergence of beam,type of laser it is and if it requires active of passive cooling and what the duty cycles are!
Yeah that's going to need active cooling
Why would you take anything seriously from a guy who is as bald as a bowling ball giving advice on hair loss???
Israel will get the job done - it always does. Those who chose to set themselves against the State don’t seem to get that.
Damn right Paul
Palestine will be free one day 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 Justice will prevail
@@zakattack901 As I mentioned- yes, when the Islamic occupiers are defeated and the Jews will reclaim all of the Holy Land.
Anyway there is no detail on how long this takes to lock on a target. Shooting at lightning speed doesn't mean targeting at lightening speed. And what about reload? Even Iran sends out dozens of drones for an operation so how does this weapon fair against those?
It might be bigger, but definitely not the first. Note, the first laser system that was announced went operational in 2014 on the USS Ponce. That weapon was declared operational in that year.
@Commie Hammer So, I guess the lasers mounted on warships and with the 2nd Cav are nothing? I mean they actually exist and deployed by the US Army and Navy so I am confused.
The economics is very important.
Whatever the Beam can shave off from Iron Dome is a 100k USD missile saved and 1M USD saved in infrastructure.
Human lives are priceless.
didn't think I'd see something like this for a long while.
Inexpensive compared to loss of buildings and life. See Ukraine.
The US navy deployed XN-1 LAWS in 2014. It is now deployed on numerous ships.
Its in testing phase, iron beam is completed for the initial version
And God Said " LET THERE BE LIGHT" !!!
It actually goes beyond that.
Currently, we have a smaller iron dome version for tanks and APCs, that intercepts incoming RPGs.
The next step for Light shield (was renamed from iron beam) is to be mountd on vehicles.
Imagine an infantry squad walking along a vehicle with this thing on. It will shoot down any incoming explosives.
There is a reason our millitary is called "Israeli DEFENCE forces".
What a fascinating definition for "defense" you must have.
''It may sound like science fiction, but Israel''
cheeky
Actually, for the sake of redundancy, Iron Dome system launches 2 interceptor missiles at every target it decides to shoot down. So double the cost...
No. Also it doesn't cost 100k any more, that was the intial cost, as the years gone by productions costs went down and the missiles were redesigned a bit to cost less. Speculated costs nowadays range from 25k to 40k a pop.
That 2 missile redundancy was only at the start, no longer the case.
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1. IIRC, the original cost was in the neighborhood of 180,000$, Then they figured the missile was much more capable than it needed to be for its stated mission, and anyway, by then they got the new David Sling system to take over the middle ground between Arrow and Iron Dome, so the Tamir missile really had no need for all of its advanced capabilities, and so they redesigned it to have a simpler, cheaper guidance system, mostly, thus reducing its cost. Then they've spend a lot of time on making it perform netter and have more capabilities with the reduced systems...
2. Are you sure about this estimate? I heard 50-100K$ last.
3. Also, are you certain they don't launce 2 interceptor missiles at each target any longer? Can you cite a source please? I only learned about the double-launce after last year's operation, and was under the impression it was current information.
Cheers!
@@moshehim1000 jihadi trying so hard to make itself feel better about isreal defence systems🤣
The commercial at the beginning was so long that I forgot why I came here
Proud to be part of this amazing country 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱
This amazingly terroristic state which has for decades violated international law illegally occupying Palestine and enacting a system of Apartheid with impunity, obliterating thousands of innocents while crying ‘self defence’ when the ultimate goal is ethnic cleansing as proudly chanted by the rising far right who run this God forsaken terrorist state. Legitimate criticism of their horrifically illegal behaviour is immediately met with cries of ‘antisemitism’ a word which has nothing to do with their zionist ideology. Horrified and helpless onlookers can be consoled by the words ‘justice will prevail’ whether that is soon or in the distant future. Palestine will be free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Very cool. Hopefully they can use it to burn the launchers to a crisp too.
Hey Simon, I think it would be really cool if you did an episode on megaproject that exceeded the scale of Dyson sphere. Stuff like a topopolis or a birch planet.
If its that much cheaper an works i would build a grid pattern that covers all of Isreal.
DEFENSE - The act or process of defending.
DEFENCE - To remove a fence.
It’s cheap for a reason, it’s not effective if the missiles have reflective coating, I think wrapping foil would do the trick
Do a video on the world tallest railway bridge being constructed in India, Chenab bridge.
When the system is fully deployed, wouldn’t it be nice if, rather than destroying them, rockets were turned around and sent back?
Now THAT is an awesome idea!
would be "nice" maybe ... but not compatible to the laws of physics in this universe. that's just not how ballistic projectiles/rockets work.
Bald guy hawking keeps. Unironically.
I love Israel so much! I admire the resilience and ingenuity of the Israeli people! God bless you!!
If the Islamic Jihad, HAMAS and other terrorist organizations could stop attacking them that would be great.
@@hollyc5417 I've never seen somebody so proudly display their stupidity.
You can wear that title with a badge of honor.
How do JEWS figure out such complex things and so easy
@@hollyc5417 Ok bot
Idk even if it can take out 20% of incoming rockets, that’s a huge amount of savings.
Go Israel!
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DOnt start the video with ads for god's sake! at least give an intro man! Love your videos
About the Iron dome. It has intercepted already well over 3000 rockets and mortar shells (yes newer updates allow it to do so). It is indeed not cost affective *but* it is much cheaper than any equivalent. It is very low tech compared to its bigger brother, David's Sling. Also it's not automated. It can be done and it was suggested that it will operate automatically but the air force (which is responsible for air defence) disapproved and the system has a control trailer with operators that confirm kills (system automatically determines which rocket is going to hit populated areas)
I like this video
Next up, Israel will perfect the Brown Note Weapon and just point it at Hamas and Hezbollah, 24x7.
I don't know. Israel developed "skunk" crowd control systems and when they tried selling them to India they were deemed ineffective due to 'not being smelly enough to deter an average rowdy person in India"...
Kola Peninsula Pyramids please
A simple mirror reflects about 99.9% of incoming energy, have they tested against reflective targets?
A better armor might be stainless steal, it has a very high melting point and can be decently light, ceramic tiles like the ones the spaceships use when re-entering would also be a decent counter.
I mention this whenever folks get all excited about laser weapons and people are like... nu uh... you dum... laser powerful!
But if you take any of these laser systems apart the beams are all controlled by a series of mirrors. It doesn't even have to be reflective, it can be ablative and just create enough smoke to choke out the laser. Or a combination of mirrored surface over an ablative under coat. These things don't have a long time they can effectively stay on target because of power considerations as well as atmospheric dispersion of the beam over distance.
I'm waiting for them to actually shoot down even just a fully white target. The latest one I watched was a mostly white target that had oddly painted black struts for some reason which of course were the point of failure in the test. A can of reflective spray paint would likely be a pretty effective counter to the time and energy constrains of current weapons.
@@fidobarks1164 no man that's not how mirrors work. The mirrors inside the lazer systems aren't your bathroom mirrors, they are made of specialized material and have powerful cooling systems. Any time you change the direction of a photon energy is lost\absorbed by the material that redirects it. For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. So yeah this lazer would melt through your bathroom mirror.
If your comment was true nobody would of spent the billions of dollars developing these systems. None of the systems use energy within the visible spectrum. In general mirrors don't reflect with that efficiently either.
@@GhostSecuritySolutions lasers are made with mirrors, if you couldn't reflect the energy the laser wouldn't exist! If you can make a guided missile creating a highly reflective surface is well within your capability. The people being paid the billions to develop the system have their money in the bank now, of course they'd develop it, they'll be charging someone else next to make highly reflective missiles!
LoL Simon talking about keeps was the joke that I needed today 😂😂
Fascinating technology from a fascinating country.
@@dootbunn7192 Nothing Fascist about defending your country.
@@BridgetSculpts at which point in history? Both factions have been fighting over that land for thousands and thousands of years.
@@BridgetSculpts the place you live in was probably a Native American lands. Are you gonna give up your home for them?
@@umesh01patel53 you do realize you're strengthening their argument right? LOL. that's exactly what Bridget is saying. what right do the Israelis have to just claim land their inhabited thousands of years ago as their own?
if you support Israel you support fascism and genocide, no way around it.
$3.50 per shot? Is this like one of those binoculars you have to put quarters in to operate?
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Laser range finders were used for decades as part of weapon systems. In the Gulf war, Iraqi tanks fitted with laser targeting systems were frequently found to be blinding the enemy, leading to permanent vision loss. Over 4000 soldiers said to be injured by lasers in that conflict, with the claim that these laser systems were being intentionally used to blind the enemy.
In the more recent US-Iraq war, the US used "laser dazzlers" as weapons, which led to friendly fire accidents on US troops, leading to sight loss among Americans as well.
While using lasers to blind opponents is against the rules of war, it's been common place it seems to do just that over the last 30 years. Lasers are also used at sporting events, like soccer matches in the middle east, to blind or distract players in the field by the opposing fans.
Israel has 3 missile defense systems, not just Iron Dome
also David sling, four missiles over a range of 40 kilometres or cruise missiles, and arrow missiles for ICBM's
And crappy Hamas rockets still managed to land in Tel Aviv, lol
@@Madd-ng8cv then don't cry when israel hitting you back😁
@@Madd-ng8cv almost none
out of thousands of rockets that were fired over the years to israel, almost none that interceptor missiles were fired at it, penetrated
@@Madd-ng8cv 2 per 4000. Yes
@@אוריהשבת lmao, I saw the videos and it was way more than 2. The iron dome was turned into a glass ceiling with minimal know-how.
Erm... Mirror finish / reflective coating on the projectiles?
Would it deal with that?
Hamas actually created a perfect environment to be able to create the system had Hamas not routinely shot rockets at Israel no country would’ve been able to afford to develop the system thank you Hamas for participating in the creating one of the best anti-moving target defense systems ever.
Please ..Israel are the real terrorist
Thank israel for creating hamas...
@@cpssee Yeah... because Palestinians themselves can never do anything wrong by themselves- and are never responsible for any of their own actions.
Even though a majority of Palestinians support Hamas(and elected Hamas to lead the Gaza strip in 2005)- it's still Israel's fault.
Thanks Hamas!
@Commie Hammer The US never actually intercepted missiles with their experimental laser system- and doesn't pay for Israel's Iron beam.
Your hatred and jealousy are obvious.
Next: reflective coating for those UAVs or even smoke screen
LOL a reflective coating or mirrors don't work against high powered lasers. Laser pointers yes, weapons grade lasers...no.
How can an imprisoned population be aggressors?
You're talking about Gaza?
When Israel ordered to pull all it's soldiers and civilians (Forcing Jewish civilians to relocate elsewhere) from Gaza in 2006, The Gazan Palestinians decided to take the water metal pipes from the abandoned houses/infrastructure and turn them into home made rockets, Lovely people aren't they?
Gaza also borders Egypt another brotherly Arab neighbor right? But for some reason blockades them too.
Lebanon also is another Arabic country that interestly enough doesn't give the Palestinians there citizenship for decades now.
What about Jordan that has over 30-40% Palestinian population? Oh right "Black September" when they tried to assassinate Jordan's king and take control of the country, How delightful.
Wait a second, Arabs have over 20 countries but none agree to give the poor and suffering Palestinians citizenship? Interesting.
Gaza is controlled by a terror organization this is why they are poor and look like Syria they get a lot of money from Qatar and Iran yet they build terror tunnels and rockets instead using this money to build the next Hong Kong
A laser can only shoot down what it can see (fog clouds) is only part of the problem. Lasers are line of sight weapons, which is an additional targeting problem.
Most of what Hezbollah or Hamas will launch are low flying rockets. The point is to cope with the volume at a low cost. This will give time for the IAF to wreck avoc on Lebanon and Gaza and force surrender or face destruction.
Before the trolls come out, here are a couple of things that are going to be brought up:
1. "Why are my tax dollars going to Israel?"
About 75% of aid to Israel is earmarked for buying military equipment/weapons from the US. The US also benefits from Israeli military intelligence (very important in the Middle East), and Israeli military R&D/tech. The US is also Israel's number one trade partner.
2. "But what about the USS Liberty??"
After both the US and Israel each conducted their own inquiries, both countries concluded that it was a tragic case of misidentification. Adjusted for inflation, Israel has paid about $72 million to the families of the victims, as well as to the US Navy. I also don't see the logic behind attacking an ally who also happens to be your biggest trading partner and the world's strongest superpower.
PS: this might be nitpicking, but the Iron Beam is defensive system (as is the Iron Dome), so I'm not sure it should be labeled as a "weapons system".
beofre the ISrealit apologists come out and try to defend the horrible actions at Ramidan i am going to point out the horrible actions at ramidan.
@@JeanLucCaptain you mean when Palestinians murdered 13 Israeli citizens in mass shooting and stabbing attacks?
@@JeanLucCaptain lol what
What are you talking about?
My thoughts exactly! The fact regarding the funds is one I’m exhausted of having to explain to people over and over.
Laser beams huh. Now we need sharks and a whole lot of ducktape.