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SEOUL — South Korea will deploy laser weapons to shoot down North Korea n 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. South Korea has called its laser program the "StarWars project."The drone-zapping laser weapons the South Korea n military has developed with Hanwha Aerospace 012450.
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.Five North Korean drones crossed into South Korea, which is technically still at war with Pyongyang, in December, prompting Seoul to scramble fighter jets and attack helicopters, and try to shoot them down, in the first such intrusion since 2017.
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