According to RIA Novosti, he said this during the Engineers of the Future forum.

“I will give you a secret.

It really was about our serious achievements in the field of nitride lasers, we have made a very serious start in relation to even world achievements, ”Borisov said. 

According to him, this "backlog" is about three to five years.

According to him, Russian developers were able to find interesting technical solutions. 

In May, Borisov said that during the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, the Zadira laser complex was used.

According to him, the system is capable of hitting drones at a distance of 5 km using thermal radiation.

More details in the material RT.