India on Sunday conducted a successful trial of a laser-based weapon system that can disable fixed-wing and swarm drones, becoming one of the only four nations to have developed the technology. Read: The Latest Defence Current Affairs Notes here
Apart from India, only the US, China and Russia can disable weapons using the technology.
In the National Open Air Range (NOAR) in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, the first successful trial of the Mk-II(A) Laser - Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system took place.
The high-power Laser-DEW is equipped with the technology to shoot down drones and smaller projectiles.
DRDO's Centre for High Energy Systems and Sciences (CHESS), Hyderabad, developed the system along with several academic institutions and Indian industries.
The DEW will soon replace traditional kinetic weapons and missile defence systems due to its ease of operation and cost-effectiveness.
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