South Korea is beginning the mass production of a low-cost laser weapon that has successfully shot down small drones during testing, the country’s key arms agency said Thursday.

The laser weapon, called Block-I, “can precisely strike small unmanned aerial vehicles and multicopters at close range,” a news release from South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said.

The release did not give a cost for the weapon, but said each shot fired would only cost about $1.50.

Imagery supplied by the agency appears to show a weapon around the size of a shipping container with a laser mounted on top and what appears to be a radar or tracking device mounted on one side of the platform.

  • Nomecks
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    4 months ago

    A buck fifty a shot at the rate I pay is about 12 Kwh kwH 😉 of power. That laser has got to be way up there in power.

    • Victor
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      kWh

      (I’m sorry, I have nitpicking issues.)