Discover and Strike! The Value of the "Blade of Light" is Still Increasing

At the 2025 September 3rd Military Parade

in the naval air defense weapon formation

there is a type of chassis that is huge

mounted on an extended military vehicle

with a round mirror-like equipment embedded on it

which netizens jokingly refer to as “looks like a washing machine”

What kind of hardcore technology is hidden behind the wide deep blue mirror?

Military expert Cao Weidong introduced that laser weapons will have mirror-like devices, a beam of laser can travel very far, still as a beam of light, without dispersing. The speed of light is very fast, detection and strike happen almost simultaneously, even faster than hypersonic.

Laser weapons have relatively high energy, this energy does not cause explosions, but burns. Just like a magnifying glass concentrates sunlight to reach a high temperature, which can ignite paper on the ground. Therefore, lasers need to strike the target with high temperatures to damage and penetrate the metal materials of targets like aircraft and boats. The electrical energy or high temperature generated actually comes from electrical energy, which needs to be able to charge and discharge quickly.

Thus, there is a large device below the laser weapon that generates electrical energy or other energy. The actual conversion device on top, which aims at the target, is relatively small.

Anti-UAV “Iron Triangle”

Combining soft and hard measures to build a defense network

At the 2025 September 3rd Military Parade, there is also a type of vehicle-mounted laser weapon, which is showcased in a system with anti-UAV artillery systems, high-power microwave weapons, etc., capable of both soft kill and hard destruction, forming an “Iron Triangle” equipment for countering drones.

2025 September 3rd Military Parade Anti-UAV Formation Li Chao: It is one of the “Iron Triangle” laser weapons, which damages targets by emitting high-energy beams. In combat, it has no explosion sound, no fire, no recoil, and reaches the target instantly, making it a new type of weapon with unlimited firing capability.

The central gun platform is equipped with a 6-barrel rotary cannon, with 4 air defense missile launchers installed on the sides, giving it a muscular appearance. This is another “angle” of the “Iron Triangle” — combined artillery and missile weapon. It has a fast reaction speed, strong interception firepower, high shooting accuracy, and good mobility, capable of independent operation or integrating into a networked defense system.

By comprehensively utilizing combat means such as “missiles, artillery, light, and waves,” it can achieve both soft kill and hard destruction.

Military expert Wang Mingzhi introduced that directed energy weapons are a new type of weapon system that uses highly concentrated directed energy beams to damage or destroy targets. Currently, it mainly includes laser weapons and high-energy microwave weapons. Directed energy weapons have outstanding advantages such as fast reaction speed, high hit accuracy, great destructive power, low shooting cost, and large “magazine” capacity, making them very advantageous in dealing with low, slow, small targets, especially against swarm drone threats.

Tactical directed energy weapons are usually used in conjunction with rapid-fire artillery, short-range air defense missiles, and electronic countermeasures, mainly to counter new low-altitude threats posed by drones, protecting the safety of important targets and critical infrastructure.

(Source: China Central Television Defense Military Channel's “Forge Sword” program)