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This is because you need extremely high laser power density to cause a physical effect and you need to do so at long ranges,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key to Leonardo\u2019s work are so-called \u201cFast Moving Mirrors\u201d (FMMs), known in the United States as Fast Steering Mirrors (FSMs), which are used to rapidly and precisely maintain the laser beam on target, even when the target is moving, the ship carrying the laser is moving and there is atmospheric interference in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo enable this, the beam director is closely coordinated with high-resolution, fast frame rate cameras with advanced algorithms to provide feedback to the beam director, so that the mirrors can make extremely fast and precise movements to keep the beam on-target,\u201d said Sijan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The challenge has been to build mirrors which will not be destroyed by a laser beam which is designed to punch holes in hostile vessels or drones miles away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve solved this with special low-absorption coating technologies and by carefully choosing the materials used in mirror construction,\u201d said Sijian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get the beam director ready, Leonardo has built on experience gained working on its Miysis Directional Infrared Countermeasure system (DIRCM). 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