SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will begin deploying drone-melting laser weapons designed to shoot down North Korean UAVs this year, the country's arms procurement agency told Agence France-Presse Friday.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will begin deploying drone-melting laser weapons designed to shoot down North Korean UAVs this year, the country's arms procurement agency told Agence France-Presse Friday.The new laser weapons — dubbed the 'StarWars Project' by the South — are invisible and noise-free, require no additional ammunition, operate solely on electricity and cost only about 2,000 won per shot, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration .
- 'Weapon of the future' -The 'StarWars' system — a 'weapon of the future' according to official Lee — neutralizes targets by directly hitting them with laser light generated from optical fiber.'When a laser weapon transfers heat to a drone, its surface melts. As the surface melts, the internal components catch fire, causing the drone to eventually fall,' Lee told AFP.
To Deploy 'Starwars' Lasers Against North's Drones
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