South Korea has begun an attempt to shoot drones out of the sky with lasers – calling it the "Star Wars project".
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The project was announced Thursday by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), and is apparently the first time a nation's military will field such laser-powered anti-aircraft weapons.
"This laser anti-aircraft weapon is a new concept for future weapon systems that neutralize targets by directly irradiating them with a light source laser generated from an optical fiber, and can precisely hit small unmanned aerial vehicles and multicopters at close range," he explained. DAPA.
The agency added that the lasers are invisible, silent and require no ammunition to operate — other than electricity to power the weapon.
