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Just to test the topic of little known Soviet/Russian weapons programs. I shall continue if the audience finds it interesting.

1982, 1K11 Stilet (Stiletto), https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Стилет_(лазерный_комплекс)

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1983, Sangvin, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сангвин_(лазерный_комплекс)

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1990, 1K17 Szhatie (Compression), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1K17_Szhatie

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All three were developed to suppress enemy's optical systems. The first and the last - to target ground vehicles, the second one - aircraft. All were working prototypes. The second one used 30kg of artificial rubies in the laser system. The development stopped for decades after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and restarted few years ago.

1981, Beriev A-60 / Sokol-Eshelon 1LK222 anti-satellite airborne laser, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_A-60https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokol_Eshelon. The laser system was to be deployed at Polyus/Skif-DM 17F19DM military orbiter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyus_(spacecraft)

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Current Russian system developed by Almaz-Antey. No wiki article, alas :)

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IMHO,

Good stuff! The Russians were and are the mavens of jamming every spectrum used by the foe, and the laser frequencies were no exception. Believe you'll find this of real interest. Covers US, Russian and Chinese HELs. You may also be interested to know in the early 1980s the US tested an eye safe laser against pilots flying dive attack missions, but with the artificial "must not bust" pullhout hard floor of 5K feet so no one went splat if unable to see. Was told the resulting pilot response was unprintable! The US put a lot of money into laser protection for air crews and surface personnel. This is why, for example, the vision blocks on the Abrams are orange, ditto the objective lenses on US military binoculars.

http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-DEW-HEL-Analysis.html

Regards,

John Kettler

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