India’s First Futuristic “Star Wars” Laser Weapon Shoots Down Drone Swarm

New Delhi:

India has successfully tested a futuristic weapon for the first time by using high-powered laser-based directed energy to shoot down a drone.

The system made by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tracked the drone, fired a laser beam and destroyed the target.

This platform is a game-changing one for India’s armed forces as drone warfare is increasingly being used in modern combat, such as the war in Ukraine.

“CHESS DRDO conducted a successful field demonstration of the Land version of Vehicle mounted Laser Directed Weapon(DEW) MK-II(A) at Kurnool today. It defeated the fixed wing UAV and Swarm Drones successfully causing structural damage and disabled the surveillance sensors. With this successful trial country has joined the exclusive club of the Global powers who possess the high power Laser DEW System,” the DRDO said in a post on X.