US arms leader mock Russia The arms trade rival Russia has no way of using laser weapons as it claims.

On 20 May 2022, Russianแอพสล็อตxomedia reported an interview with Yuri Borisov, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the development of the Russian Armed Forces, that Russia has deployed a prototype laser weapon "Zadira" to Ukraine on the battlefield to shoot down a drone of Ukrainian forces within 5 seconds. Even if the drone is 5 kilometers away

BBC Thai has published a report by BBC News reporter Tom Spender that US intelligence agencies have responded that they have never found evidence of the weapon's use. After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the super-modern weapon that Russia claims was simply propaganda. does not exist

“The more clearly Russia knows it is unlikely to win the war. More and more propaganda appeared about powerful magical weapons. This will only help turn the situation around more often,” Zelenski said.

“When the third month of the battle We have seen the Russians try to find and show off such wonderful weapons. This shows that their past mission has completely failed.”

“Zadira” is Russia's latest laser weapon. After the launch of the laser "Peresvet" (Peresvet) disrupted the operation of spy satellites. The latter was named after an Orthodox priest who was a medieval warrior.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov meets with President Vladimir Putin.
What can laser weapons do?
Reuters reported in 2017 that Russian nuclear power company Rosatom had helped develop the weapon as part of a project to produce a new physics-based weapon.

Israel is currently the only country that has successfully developed laser weapons. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the "iron beam" was the world's first direct attack weapon. It can effectively intercept drones, rockets or projectiles at a low cost, costing just $3.5 per beam.