NEW DELHI: India on Sunday carried out a successful trial of a laser-directed energy weapon system, joining a select group of nations having the new-age armament used to bring down hostile drones and unmanned aircraft.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said the weapon system was tested at Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool.
India is among very few countries which are developing directed energy weapon systems to deal with future security challenges. The US, China and Russia are known to have developed directed energy weapon systems