{"id":478929,"date":"2022-07-28T15:16:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T12:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russias-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains\/"},"modified":"2022-07-28T15:16:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T12:16:51","slug":"russias-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russias-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russia\u2019s reportedly building a satellite-blinding laser \u2014 an expert explains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a43219fe9bcd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a43219fe9bcd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russias-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains\/#%E2%80%9CRussias_reportedly_building_a_satellite-blinding_laser_%E2%80%94_an_expert_explains%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Russia\u2019s reportedly building a satellite-blinding laser \u2014 an expert explains&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russias-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains\/#How_lasers_work\" >How lasers work<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russias-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains\/#Does_your_fintech_have_global_ambitions\" >Does your fintech have global ambitions?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russias-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains\/#Laser_effects\" >Laser effects<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russias-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains\/#Laser_applications\" >Laser applications<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russias-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains\/#The_Russian_laser\" >The Russian laser<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russias-reportedly-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-an-expert-explains\/#Lasers_in_space\" >Lasers in space<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRussias_reportedly_building_a_satellite-blinding_laser_%E2%80%94_an_expert_explains%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Russia\u2019s reportedly building a satellite-blinding laser \u2014 an expert explains&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            Russia is building a new ground-based laser facility for interfering with satellites orbiting overhead, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/4416\/1\">recent report<\/a> in The Space Review. The basic idea would be to dazzle the optical sensors of other nations\u2019 spy satellites by flooding them with laser light.<\/p>\n<p>Laser <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> has evolved to the point where this type of anti-satellite defense is plausible, though there is limited evidence of any nation successfully testing such a laser.<\/p>\n<p>If the Russian government is able to build the laser, it would be capable of shielding a large part of the country from the view of satellites with optical sensors. The technology also sets the stage for the more ominous possibility of laser weapons that can permanently disable satellites.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_lasers_work\"><\/span>How lasers work<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_your_fintech_have_global_ambitions\"><\/span>Does your fintech have global ambitions?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Before you consider expansion, check out our handy checklist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A laser is a device for creating a narrow beam of directed energy. The first laser <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/scihi.org\/theodore-maiman-laser-technology\/\">was developed in 1960<\/a>, and since that time, there have been several types created that use different physical mechanisms to generate photons, or particles of light.<\/p>\n<p>Gas lasers pump large amounts of energy into specific molecules such as carbon dioxide. Chemical lasers are powered by specific chemical reactions that release energy. Solid-state lasers use customized crystalline materials to convert electrical energy into photons. In all lasers, the photons are subsequently amplified by passing them through a special type of material called the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rp-photonics.com\/laser_gain_media.html\">gain medium<\/a> and then focused into a coherent beam by a beam director.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/y3SBSbsdiYg\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" width=\"440\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The physics of lasers explained.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Laser_effects\"><\/span>Laser effects<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Depending on the photon intensity and wavelength, the directed beam of energy formed by a laser can create a range of effects at its target. For example, if the photons are in the visible part of the spectrum, a laser can deliver light at its target.<\/p>\n<p>For a sufficiently high flow of high-energy photons, a laser can heat, vaporize, melt and even burn through the material of its target. The ability to deliver these effects is determined by the power level of the laser, the distance between the laser and its target, and the ability to focus the beam on the target.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Laser_applications\"><\/span>Laser applications<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The various effects generated by lasers find widespread <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications in everyday life, including laser pointers, printers, DVD players, retinal and other medical surgery procedures, and industrial manufacturing processes such as laser welding and cutting. Researchers are developing lasers as an alternative to radio wave technology to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/tdm\/lcrd\/index.html\">boost communications between spacecraft and the ground<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lasers also find widespread application in military operations. One of the best known is the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/minutemanmissile.com\/abl.html\">Airborne Laser (ABL)<\/a>, which the U.S. military intended to use to shoot down ballistic missiles. ABL involved a very large, high-power laser mounted on a Boeing 747. The program was ultimately doomed by the challenges associated with the thermal management and maintenance of its chemical laser.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center zoomable\">\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\" alt=\"A large four-engine jet aircraft painted light gray and a large iridescent object attached to its nose\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=480&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=480&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=480&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=603&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=603&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=603&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" alt=\"A large four-engine jet aircraft painted light gray and a large iridescent object attached to its nose\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=480&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=480&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=480&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=603&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=603&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475939\/original\/file-20220725-21-74lntf.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=603&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fspace%2F2022%2F07%2F28%2Frussia-building-a-satellite-blinding-laser-expert-technology%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The U.S. military experimented with mounting a powerful laser on a large jet aircraft, with the goal of shooting down incoming ballistic missiles. Image: US Missile Defense Agency\" data-title=\"Share The U.S. military experimented with mounting a powerful laser on a large jet aircraft, with the goal of shooting down incoming ballistic missiles. Image: US Missile Defense Agency on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The U.S. military experimented with mounting a powerful laser on a large jet aircraft, with the goal of shooting down incoming ballistic missiles. Image: US Missile Defense Agency on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>The U.S. military experimented with mounting a powerful laser on a large jet aircraft, with the goal of shooting down incoming ballistic missiles. Image: US Missile Defense Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption\/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A more successful military application is the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce-technology.com\/news\/northrop-grumman-to-provide-laircm-systems-for-usaf\/\">Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measures (LAIRCM)<\/a> system, which is used to protect aircraft from heat-seeking antiaircraft missiles. LAIRCM shines light from a solid-state laser into the missile sensor as it approaches the aircraft, causing the weapon to become dazzled and lose track of its target.<\/p>\n<p>The evolving performance of solid-state lasers has led to a proliferation of new military applications. The U.S. military is mounting lasers on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/article\/technology\/army-truck-shoots-drones-mortars-lasers\/\">Army trucks<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/07\/17\/politics\/us-navy-drone-laser-weapon\/index.html\">Navy ships<\/a> to defend against small targets such as drones, mortar shells and other threats. The Air Force is studying the use of lasers on aircraft for defensive and offensive purposes.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Russian_laser\"><\/span>The Russian laser<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The reputed new Russian laser facility is called Kalina. It is intended to dazzle, and therefore temporarily blind, the optical sensors of satellites that are collecting intelligence overhead. As with the U.S. LAIRCM, dazzling involves saturating the sensors with enough light to prevent them from functioning. Achieving this goal requires accurately delivering a sufficient amount of light into the satellite sensor. This is no easy feat given the very large distances involved and the fact that the laser beam must first pass through the Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Accurately pointing lasers over large distances into space is not new. For example, NASA\u2019s Apollo 15 mission in 1971 placed <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/LRO\/multimedia\/lroimages\/lroc-20100413-apollo15-LRRR.html\">meter-sized reflectors on the Moon<\/a> that are targeted by lasers on Earth to provide positioning information. Delivering enough photons over large distances comes down to the laser power level and its optical system.<\/p>\n<p>Kalina reportedly operates in a pulsed mode in the infrared and produces about 1,000 joules per square centimeter. By comparison, a pulsed laser used for retinal surgery is only about 1\/10,000th as powerful. Kalina delivers a large fraction of the photons it generates across the large distances where satellites orbit overhead. It is able to do this because lasers form highly collimated beams, meaning the photons <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> in parallel so the beam doesn\u2019t spread out. Kalina focuses its beam using a telescope that has a diameter of several meters.<\/p>\n<p>Spy satellites using optical sensors tend to operate in low-Earth orbit with an altitude of a few hundred kilometers. It <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly takes these satellites a few minutes to pass over any specific point on the Earth\u2019s surface. This requires Kalina to be able to operate continuously for that long while maintaining permanent track on the optical sensor. These functions are carried out by the telescope system.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the reported details of the telescope, Kalina would be able to target an overhead satellite for hundreds of miles of its path. This would make it possible to shield a very large area \u2013 on the order of 40,000 square miles (roughly 100,000 square kilometers) \u2013 from intelligence gathering by optical sensors on satellites. Forty thousand square miles is roughly the area of the state of Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Russia claims that in 2019 it fielded a less capable truck-mounted laser dazzling system called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.armyrecognition.com\/weapons_defence_industry_military_technology_uk\/russian_peresvet_laser_weapon_can_blind_satellites_at_1500_km_altitude.html\">Peresvet<\/a>. However, there is no confirmation that it has been used successfully.<\/p>\n<p>Laser power levels are likely to continue to increase, making it possible to go beyond the temporary effect of dazzling to permanently damaging the imaging hardware of sensors. While laser technology development is heading in that direction, there are important policy considerations associated with using lasers in this way. Permanent destruction of a space-based sensor by a nation could be considered an act of aggression, leading to a rapid escalation of tensions.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lasers_in_space\"><\/span>Lasers in space<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of even greater concern is the potential deployment of laser weapons in space. Such systems would be highly effective because the distances to targets would likely be significantly reduced, and there is no atmosphere to weaken the beam. The power levels needed for space-based lasers to cause significant damage to spacecraft would be significantly reduced in comparison to ground-based systems.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, space-based lasers could be used to target any satellite by aiming lasers at propellant tanks and power systems, which, if damaged, would completely disable the spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>As technology advances continue, the use of laser weapons in space becomes more likely. The question then becomes: What are the consequences?<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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The basic idea would be to dazzle the optical sensors of other nations\u2019 spy satellites by flooding them with laser light. 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