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Effective; > jamming range
Single source>10km (jamming range)[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | GIDS Spider | OW5 |
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| Type | Counter-unmanned aircraft system[source] | Directed-energy weapon[source] |
| Place of origin | Pakistan[source] | China[source] |
| Designer | Defence Science & Technology Organisation[source] | — |
| Designed | 2023[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | GIDS[source] |
| — |
| Transport | Hino Dutro[source] | — |
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| Role | — | Chinese ground-based high-energy laser weapon[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | The variant designation denotes the laser's rated power—the OW5-A50 is rated at 50-kilowatt[source]OW5 · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The particular version unveiled in September 2025 was the OW5-A10 variant, which fires a 10-kilowatt laser and is mounted on a Dongfeng Mengshi platform, and the OW5-A50, which is mounted on 8×8 heavy wheeled truck chassis.[source]OW5 · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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| Country of origin | — | China[source]Inventory Origin column; table 7, row 21, cell 4; revision 1373722962; retrieved 2026-10-02 China[source]Inventory Origin column; table 7, row 22, cell 4; revision 1373722962; retrieved 2026-10-02 |
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