Gov’t to Begin Mass Production of Block-1 Laser Weapon for Deployment This Year l KBS WORLD

The federal government will start mass manufacturing of a laser weapon designed to shoot down enemy drones for deployment this yr.

In accordance with the Protection Acquisition Program Administration(DAPA) on Thursday, the Block-1 anti-aircraft laser weapon could be able to exactly placing down North Korea’s small-sized drones by firing laser beams, generated by fiber optics, at targets.

Rising the output of the laser system may allow it to focus on plane or ballistic missiles.

Single firing of the electricity-powered weapons system would solely value round two-thousand gained, or round one U.S. greenback and 45 cents, and there are not any shelling harm considerations.

As a part of the “Korean Star Wars mission,” the federal government launched the laser weapon’s growth value some 87-point-one billion gained in 2019, with participation by Hanwha Aerospace for system manufacturing.