SEOUL: South Korea will deploy laser weapons to shoot down North Korean drones this year, becoming the world’s first country to deploy and operate suc...
: South Korea will deploy laser weapons to shoot down North Korean drones this year, becoming the world’s first country to deploy and operate such weapons in the military, the country’s arms procurement agency said on Thursday.The drone-zapping laser weapons the South Korean military has developed with Hanwha Aerospace are effective and cheap, with 2,000 won per shot, but quiet and invisible, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration said in a statement.
The laser weapons shoot down flying drones by burning down engines or other electric equipment in drones with beams of light for 10 to 20 seconds, a DAPA spokesperson explained at a briefing. Fighting in the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, and a Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas.
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