- Earlier in December, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) won the contract to supply the laser dazzlers to the Indian Navy
- Laser dazzlers are capable of dazzle and thereby, suppress the person’s/optical sensor’s action with disability glare in case of non-compliance to orders
The Bharat Electronics Limited signed a contract with the Indian Navy on Thursday to supply 20 laser dazzlers, a non-lethal weapon for warning and stopping suspicious vehicles, boats and aircraft. The Defence Ministry in a statement said that this weapon has been indigenously designed and developed for the first time, and it also “dazzles and distracts aircraft/UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)”.
20 Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Dazzlers
It added that earlier in December, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) won the contract to supply the laser dazzlers to the Indian Navy. The statement said that the laser dazzlers are capable of dazzle and thereby, suppress the person’s/optical sensor’s action with disability glare in case of non-compliance to orders. It disorients/ confuses/blinds a person temporarily. It also dazzles and distracts aircraft/UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).
It added that BEL has signed a contract with the Indian Navy for initially supplying 20 Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Dazzlers (laser dazzlers) in New Delhi.