Russian 6th-generation fighter will employ powerful lasers to burn enemy missile seeker heads - Washington Times

Russian 6th-generation fighter will employ powerful lasers to burn enemy missile seeker heads - Washington Times: Air-to-ground or air-to-air missiles have one thing in common — they have a seeker head, or targeting system on the missile that uses radar or heat-seeking technology to find and lead the weapon to the target to destroy it. The Russian defense industry says it will deploy powerful lasers on its new sixth-generation fighter that will be able to “burn” enemy homing systems on projectiles fired in their direction, to make them unable to hit a target.

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