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🇮🇱 Iron Beam
Land · Rafael Advanced Defense Systems · 2025
An Israeli short-range air defense weapon that melts rockets, mortars and drones in mid-air with a powerful 100-kilowatt laser beam costing just a few dollars per shot.
Specifications
- Type: High-energy laser (directed energy) air defense weapon
- Laser power: 100 kW class solid-state / fiber laser
- Range: Up to 10 km
- Targets: Rocket, mortar, artillery shell, UAV/drone, short-range threats
- Cost per shot: Approx. $2-5 per shot (electricity+cooling only)
- Destruction time: 2-5 seconds of focused beam on target
- Role: Innermost (5th) layer of Israel's multi-layered defense
- Origin: Israel 🇮🇱
- Status: First operational system delivered to IDF in December 2025
Beats: Sürü dron ve İHA saldırıları (atış başına maliyet avantajı), Roket, havan ve topçu mermisi yağmuru, Silent Hunter (Çin) gibi düşük-güçlü karşı-dron lazerler — güç ve menzilde üstün
Loses to: Balistik ve hipersonik füzeler (enerji ve menzil yetersiz), Yoğun bulut, yağmur, sis — atmosfer lazeri zayıflatır, DragonFire (BK) ileri sürümleri menzil/güçte yarış halinde; doygunluk altında mühimmat sınırsız ama tek-hedef temposu sınırlı
It protects expensive interceptor missiles by melting low-cost swarm and rocket threats for dollars per shot; it reverses the equation of hitting cheap munitions with expensive ones.
Related systems
Same manufacturer (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems): Iron Dome (Kipat Barzel), David's Sling (Kela David)
Related systems (Land): SİPER, HİSAR-O+, HİSAR-A+, SUNGUR, KORKUT, Tayfun, GÜRZ, S-400 Triumf, Patriot (PAC-3), Bora