LY-1 Laser Weapon System
The LY-1 (Chinese: 燎原-1; pinyin: liaoyuan-1; lit. ‘prairie fire 1’) is a Chinese shipborne or ground-based high-energy laser weapon designed to intercept drones, cruise missiles, helicopters, and fixed-wing aircraft. The laser weapon system was unveiled at the 2025 China Victory Day Parade. A very similar system was tested on a Type 071 amphibious transport dock of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in 2024, with the earliest report of such a system under development in 2019.[1][2][3] As a shipborne weapon, the LY-1 could form a layered air defense system with missiles such as HQ-10 and HQ-16.(Wikipedia)
