{"id":332809,"date":"2025-04-14T17:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=332809"},"modified":"2025-04-15T20:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:36:22","slug":"mk-ii-a-laser-directed-energy-weapon-dew-system-sahastra-shakti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mk-ii-a-laser-directed-energy-weapon-dew-system-sahastra-shakti\/","title":{"rendered":"Mk-II (A) Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system (Sahastra Shakti)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India has successfully conducted its first trial of a high-powered laser weapon, MK-II(A), using directed energy to neutralise an aerial target. <strong>Mk-II (A) Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system (Sahastra Shakti).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-332981 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mk-II-A-Laser-Directed-Energy-Weapon-DEW-system-Sahastra-Shakti.png?resize=513%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mk-II (A) Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system (Sahastra Shakti)\" width=\"513\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mk-II-A-Laser-Directed-Energy-Weapon-DEW-system-Sahastra-Shakti.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mk-II-A-Laser-Directed-Energy-Weapon-DEW-system-Sahastra-Shakti.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mk-II-A-Laser-Directed-Energy-Weapon-DEW-system-Sahastra-Shakti.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mk-II-A-Laser-Directed-Energy-Weapon-DEW-system-Sahastra-Shakti.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Mk-II (A) Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system (Sahastra Shakti)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an indigenously designed and developed 30<strong>-kilowatt laser-based weapon system<\/strong> that can <strong>disable, degrade or destroy<\/strong> small <strong>remotely<\/strong> piloted aircraft, <strong>swarm drones, missiles and sensors<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> <strong>DRDO\u2019s<\/strong> Centre for High Energy Systems and Sciences (<strong>CHESS<\/strong>), Hyderabad along with other labs, academic institutions and Indian industries<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Working: <\/strong>Once detected by <strong>its radar or by its inbuilt Electro Optic (EO) system<\/strong>, <strong>laser-DEW can engage targets at the speed of light<\/strong> and use an <strong>intense laser beam<\/strong> to cut through the target, leading to structural failure or more impactful results if the warhead is targeted.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advantages:<\/strong> Unlike traditional kinetic weapons, <strong>laser systems<\/strong> <strong>offer instantaneous engagement<\/strong>, <strong>precision targeting<\/strong>, <strong>low per-shot cost<\/strong>, reduce <strong>dependence<\/strong> on costly ammunition, limit <strong>collateral<\/strong> damage and are particularly suited to <strong>countering low-cost drone swarms<\/strong> \u2014 an increasingly common threat.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> India joins an elite group of nations\u2014including the <strong>United States, Russia, and China<\/strong>\u2014that possess operational high-power laser weapon technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India has successfully conducted its first trial of a high-powered laser weapon, MK-II(A), using directed energy to neutralise an aerial target. Mk-II (A) Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system (Sahastra Shakti). About Mk-II (A) Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system (Sahastra Shakti) It is an indigenously designed and developed 30-kilowatt laser-based weapon system that&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mk-ii-a-laser-directed-energy-weapon-dew-system-sahastra-shakti\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mk-II (A) Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system (Sahastra Shakti)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":332981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11959,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-332809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mk-II-A-Laser-Directed-Energy-Weapon-DEW-system-Sahastra-Shakti.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}