Many have been the occasions in which we have been told about how a laser can serve from to transport data within a processor at breakneck speed to, as one agency of the economic power of DARPA insists on showing, to serve as a quite aggressive weapon, used in its latest variations to shoot down small enemy drones, among other things.
Now the time has come to go a step further, or at least that is what is presumed today in China, a country that has just announced that a team of its engineers, after many months of hard work and research, finally has managed to develop a commercial pistol model intended for police and military use that it would have enough power to carbonize human skin, something that surpasses everything we have seen so far in the field of pistols and laser rifles.
China introduces the ZKZM-500, a laser rifle with enough power to carbonize human skin
Based on the information published by the South China Morning Post, we are talking about a kind of laser assault rifle, known by the name of ZKZM-500 that stands out for different technical characteristics such as a weight that would be around three kilograms with range of up to 800 meters. On the other hand, as has been revealed by this publication, the enormous versatility in terms of use of the ZKZM-500 is particularly striking, since it could perfectly be mounted on cars, airplanes, boats or used by any form unit completely personal.
Apparently, the ZKZM-500 rifle, due to its construction, does not need ammunition since works thanks to the energy provided by a rechargeable lithium battery. By way of information, mention that a full charge of your battery would allow you to about 1.000 shots that would last about two seconds. Another point in its favor is that this weapon is completely silent, the laser beam is invisible and has enough power to ignite flammable objects or 'burn human skin'in fact, a person reportedly won't know they are being shot with this gun until they see their clothing burn or feel the pain on their skin from' instant charring '.
China just announced that in a few weeks it will show the world how this new type of laser rifle really works
Regarding its development, it should be noted that, apparently and taking into account the little information that exists in this regard, the rifle in question would have been developed and tested within the activities that are carried out practically daily in the Xian Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, same that belongs to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and where those responsible for its development assure that it can mainly help in tasks related to counterterrorism or covert military tactics.
Undoubtedly, at this point, we must understand that China has gone a step further in everything we knew, since we literally speak of the first laser weapon designed to cause harm to another human being. At this point, I would like to know the measures that the government of the country can take to ensure that this type of weapon does not fall into the wrong hands since we are talking about a commercial weapon that has a price in the market of about U.S. dollar 15.000. Without further ado, we just have to wait a week, a period in which the Chinese government has announced that they will show the world a series of tests as well as demonstrations of use where it is assumed that we can know how this new laser weapon really works.
Another point to take into account is the simple fact that China has in its armament a rifle of this capacity, something on which other governments will have to take action and that, surely, military powers such as the United States and Russia will not hesitate to copy.
Further information: South China Morning Post