South Korea to deploy cheap, invisible laser weapons against drones

SEOUL South Korea will deploy laser weapons to shoot down North Korean drones, becoming the world's first country to deploy and operate such weapons in the military, the country's arms procurement agency said on July 11.

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South Korea has called its laser programme the "StarWars project".

The drone-zapping laser weapons the South Korean military has developed with Hanwha Aerospace are effective and cheap at 2,000 won (S$2) per shot, but quiet and invisible, South Korea's Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (Dapa) said in a statement.