The ALKA is a Turkish directed-energy weapon system combining electromagnetic and laser weapons, developed by Roketsan and first unveiled at the 2019 IDEF exhibition. It was used to destroy a Wing Loong II unmanned aerial vehicle, reported as the first known combat use of a vehicle-mounted laser weapon to destroy another combat vehicle under wartime conditions. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon Class (category)Sourced to the subject's own accountUnmanned Aerial Vehicle 2 Classification
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It was first unveiled at the 2019 IDEF exhibition on 8 May 2019.
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2019-present
Operated By: Turkish Armed Forces, Infobox: used_by
Turkey
In Group: Directed-Energy and Electromagnetic Weapons, Lead sentence
The ALKA directed-energy weapon (DEW) system is a Turkish dual electromagnetic/laser weapon developed by Roketsan.
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Wikidata Q96371221 (P571 inception): 2019
Inception (Wikidata property P571): 2019.
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