China is now testing laser ASAT weapons from its naval ships

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COL. VINAYAK BHAT (RETD)  
18 April, 2019



India’s successful anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test on 26 March, labelled Mission Shakti, made it a member of an exclusive club of four nations with such capabilities.
Days before India’s ASAT test, ThePrint reported that China has recently made numerous forays in space denial weapons, and also deployed systems that can dazzle, disable or destroy satellites. This has even prompted the US government to take action to harden its infrastructure against the EMP or electromagnetic pulse threat from China.
Earlier this month, Jane’s Defence Weekly reported a Chinese naval platform testing laser weapons, albeit of a lower intensity. Now, satellite imagery accessed by ThePrint shows China has indeed moved on to testing and weaponising its naval platforms for space denial.
Icebreaker ships
China previously had two types of icebreakers for clearing ice around the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea areas — the Type 071 Yanha class and the Type 210 Yanbing class, pennant numbers 721, 722, 519 and 723. The Haibing ship 721 is now in reserve, 722 is retired, 519 is active and 723 has been converted to serve the China Marine Surveillance as ‘Haijian 111’.
Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) /ThePrint

The People’s Liberation Army Navy felt a strong need to clear ice, especially for safe movement of nuclear submarines to and from Huludao during winters. Therefore, China constructed new Type 272 polar icebreakers named ‘Haibing 722’ and ‘Haibing 723’, each with a displacement of 4,860 tons, a length of 104m and a beam of 19m, which could easily cut TC6 grade one-metre-thick ice.
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https://theprint.in/defence/china-is-now-testing-laser-asat-weapons-from-its-naval-ships/223294/

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