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South Korea has commenced an effort to shoot drones out of the sky using lasers – and has named it the “Star Wars project".on Thursday by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration , and apparently represents the first time a nation's military will deploy such laser-powered anti-aircraft weapons.
The agency added that the lasers are invisible, silent, and require no ammunition to operate – other than electricity to power the weapon. DAPA published only a grainy image of the weapon, depicting it as located in a chunky little building.Delivery to the military is scheduled to start this year. According to DAPA's guided weapons division head, Lee Dong-seok, it will strengthen the nation's military response to North Korea's future"drone provocations."Each shot taken by the weapon apparently costs ₩2000 – presumably in energy costs. It is not clear how many zaps are needed to take out a drone.
DAPA said in the future, the weapon could be capable of responding to aircraft and ballistic missiles – it has plans to increase the output of the laser oscillator to make that happen.
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