On August 25th, Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" website published a report entitled "China's full-speed development of anti-UAV technology and laser weapons, trying to catch up with the United States."
According to military analysts, China is taking action to develop laser pointer weapons and anti-UAV systems, trying to catch up with the United States in the field of drone technology, thereby improving its intelligence and attack capabilities.
This includes systems that protect domestic drones from laser weapons and spoofing techniques that send false information to drones. One of them is developing the "Silent Hunter" laser air defense system, which is a mobile anti-UAV laser weapon, which is said to have a maximum range of 4 kilometers. It was held in Abu Dhabi in February this year. The defense exhibition was publicly displayed.
Poly Technology Co., Ltd., which developed the Chinese anti-UAV system, said that the system can penetrate five layers of 2 mm thick steel plates 800 meters away or penetrate 5 mm thick steel plates 1000 meters away.
But experts say that the US anti-UAV system is more advanced than China, and they have more long-range and more types of sensing technology provided by more companies.
According to reports, China has less than 20 anti-UAV systems, relying on traditional means such as radar to detect drones - and China does not have any deception or protection network technology to counter drones. Interference systems seem to be the most common way to combat drones in China.
But analysts say that China is beginning to catch up, many companies and institutions have joined the competition to develop anti-UAV technology, including China National Nuclear Corporation, Huanuo Star Electronics Technology and Beijing Institute of Technology.