Russia-Ukraine War: What are laser weapons and were they used in the Ukraine war?

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told Russian TV that a prototype of a laser weapon called Zadera was used during the Ukraine war, which burned a Ukrainian drone five kilometers away in just five seconds. Russia's new laser weapon was preceded by the invention of a laser system called the Peir Sevit, named after an ancient fighter and used to prevent satellites from hitting space and gathering information on the ground. Can be done Yuri Borisov said: "If the parasite is capable of blinding, modern laser weapons can destroy the target, by heating, by burning.

However, a Pentagon staffer said he had no evidence that Russia had used laser weapons in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky, meanwhile, scoffed at Russia's claim, comparing it to the "supernatural" weapons that Nazi Germany was developing during World War II. "As it becomes clear that the chances of winning the war are dwindling, there is a lot of propaganda from Russia that a powerful weapon has been developed that could result in war," he said in a video message. Can change. ' "That is why we see that in the third month of the war, Russia is looking for supernatural weapons, which shows that its mission has completely failed."

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Not much is known about the Zedera laser weapon, but in 2017, according to Reuters, Russian media reported that it had been developed by Russia's state-owned nuclear corporation, Rosatom. There is at least one country in the world that has really made laser weapons and that country is Israel. Last month, Israel released a video showing the laser system hitting rockets and drones. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said that it can stop drones, artillery and rocket attacks and that it will cost only 3.5 3.5 per use.."It sounds like science fiction, but it's a fact," said Dr. Ozi Rubin, a defense analyst at the Institute for Strategy and Security in Jerusalem.