Laser warning receiver

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A laser warning receiver is a warning system used as a passive military defence. It detects, analyzes, and locates directions of laser emissions{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bF3phGjIQ0sC&q=Laser+warning+receiver&pg=SA6-PA14 |title=Electronic Warfare in Operations: U. S. Army Field Manual FM 3-36 |page=A-4 |date=25 February 2009 |publisher=DIANE |access-date=7 February 2015 |isbn=9781437914245}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090306044726/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/Repository/FM336/FM336.pdf PDF version] 4.53 MB) from laser guidance systems and laser rangefinders. Then it alerts the crew and can start various countermeasures, like smoke screen, aerosol screen (e.g. Shtora), active laser self-defence weapon with laser dazzler (LSDW, used on the Chinese Type 99 main battle tank{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/type-99.htm|title = Type 99 Main Battle Tank}}), laser jammer, etc.

Detectors used in LWR are usually based on a semiconductor photodetector array, which is typically cryogenically or thermal-electric cooled. Sometimes avalanche photodiodes (APD), photoconductivity, photoelectromagnetic, or photodiffusion devices are used even without cooling.{{Cite web |url=http://www.boselec.com/products/detirlwr.html |title=Boston Electronics - Detectors in Laser Warning Receivers |access-date=2012-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206074644/http://www.boselec.com/products/detirlwr.html |archive-date=2011-12-06 |url-status=dead }} Some devices detect only the main beam of foreign lasers while others detect even scattered rays.

Produced by

  • NERO Industry{{cite web|url=https://neroindustry.com/category/laser-warning-systems/ | title= Laser Warning Systems - UMAY - NERO Industry}}
  • ASELSAN{{cite web|url=https://www.aselsan.com.tr/en/capabilities/electro-optic-systems/air-platforms/lias-laser-warning-receiver-system | title= ASELSAN LIAS}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aselsan.com.tr/en/capabilities/electro-optic-systems/naval-platforms/lis-laser-warning-receiver-system | title= ASELSAN LIS}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aselsan.com.tr/en/capabilities/electro-optic-systems/main-battle-tank-and-infantry-fighting-vehicle-sighting-applications/tlus-laser-warning-receiver-system | title= ASELSAN TLUS}}
  • BAE Systems{{cite web |url=http://www.baesystems.com/ProductsServices/eis_s2_si_lws.html |title=Laser Warning Systems |publisher=BAE Systems |date=2008-02-14 |access-date=2009-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106105512/http://www.baesystems.com/ProductsServices/eis_s2_si_lws.html |archive-date=2009-11-06 |url-status=dead }}
  • Thales Optronics{{cite web |url=http://www.thalesgroup.com/Portfolio/Defence/LandJoint_Products_Survivability_LWD/?pid=6907 |title=Laser Warning Detector |publisher=Thales |date=2008-02-14 |access-date=2009-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308162001/http://www.thalesgroup.com/Portfolio/Defence/LandJoint_Products_Survivability_LWD/?pid=6907 |archive-date=2012-03-08 |url-status=dead }}
  • Elbit Systems{{Cite web |title=Elbit Systems |url=https://elbitsystems.com/about-us-introduction/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=www.elbitsystems.com}}
  • Global Industrial Defence Solutions{{Cite web|url=http://www.gids.com.pk/lts|title=:: Gids - LTS ::|access-date=2015-04-07|archive-date=2022-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928033145/http://www.gids.com.pk/lts|url-status=dead}}
  • PentaTechttp://www.pentatec.de PentaTec ARGUS
  • Hensoldt{{cite web |url=http://www.hensoldt.net/ |title=Home |website=hensoldt.net}}{{Cite web |title=Sensor Solutions {{!}} HENSOLDT |url=https://www.hensoldt.net/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=www.hensoldt.net}}

Models

Some models used by US are listed:http://www.virtualacquisitionshowcase.com/document/1181/briefing{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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