DSA 2024: Chinese company Poly Technologies showcases Silent Hunter laser defense system.

At DSA 2024, the Chinese company Poly Technologies showcased the Silent Hunter, a laser defense system mounted on a 6x6 truck. This system is an improved version of the 30-kilowatt Low-Altitude Laser Defense System (LASS) and is available in both fixed and mobile versions.

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Chinese Poly Technologies Silent Hunter Laser Defense System (Picture source: Army Recognition)

The Silent Hunter operates with an electrically powered fiber optic laser. At DSA 2024, three power ranges were displayed: from 200 to 2,000 meters at 10 kW, from 200 to 3,000 meters at 20 kW, and from 200 to 4,000 meters at 30 kW, with a target detection/capture range of up to 4 km.

Primarily designed to search, track, and destroy low-flying drones not exceeding a speed of 60 m/s at 200 meters, it is powerful enough to "ablate" or penetrate five 2-millimeter steel plates at a distance of 800 meters or a single 5-millimeter steel plate at 1,000 meters. Its considerable size makes its use on an aerial platform impractical.

A Poly official stated that the Silent Hunter was used to secure the G-20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, in September 2016, although this laser weapon was first unveiled at IDEX 2017. It was also displayed at the International Exhibition of Weapons Systems and Military Equipment (KADEX) in Kazakhstan in 2018.

More recently, at the World Defense Show in Riyadh on February 5, 2024, Poly Technologies announced the first successful neutralization of a Houthi attack drone by the Saudi military. Notably, Saudi Arabia is the only country besides China to have deployed this type of equipment. To date, eight of these systems have been deployed, working in synergy with truck-mounted 3D TWA radars, optimized for detecting low-flying drones.  Additionally, the Silent Hunter was also utilized to secure the World Defense Show 2024 itself, alongside Patriot missile batteries.