China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is reportedly testing a prototype laser weapon. An article published on 5 April on the Sina news website contained several screengrabs taken from footage broadcast by China Central Television (CCTV) showing a trainable optical device mounted on a mobile chassis with a large main tens. No definitive information relating to the capability of the system has been disclosed but the Sina report suggested that a truck-mounted variant could form part of a coastal defence battery and that a ship-borne device could be an alternative to the HHQ-10 short-range surface-to-air missile system, implying it may have a range of about 5 km.
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