Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 25, 2025

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[u/MaverickTopGun → u/[deleted]]

These drones still rely on cameras though. Has there been any work in Ukraine to use lasers to blind drones? Blinding could be temporary but can also be permanent if it is strong enough to damage the sensors.

I couldn’t find much when looking it up except the use of very powerful lasers to damage the drones themselves.

You probably couldn't find it because creating an auto-targeting laser dazzling system intended to target the cameras of a drone while maintaining a useful power supply, range, and not revealing itself to the enemy while being in some form field expedient is actually basically impossible and not a remotely viable solution.

I see this all the time on this sub. Your simple "why doesn't military just do X" isn't supported anywhere and you can't find anything backing it up because it's not simple, scalable, or real. If you aren't finding it, maybe the conclusion is your idea is bad.