India just entered the laser weapons era and enemy drones are about to face their worst nightmare. The Indian Army and Air Force are set to deploy 16 indigenous drone detection and interdiction systems that don’t just detect enemy unmanned aerial vehicles, they obliterate them mid-air with powerful laser beams from 2 kilometers away. This isn’t science fiction anymore. India is building a laser-based defense shield that turns enemy drones into falling metal before they can even get close.
The game just changed completely. The Defence Ministry is about to clear DRDO’s Integrated Drone Detection and Interdiction System (Mark 2), which packs a devastating 10-kilowatt laser beam capable of frying enemy drones at 2 kilometers, double the range of the first-generation system that could only strike at 1 kilometer.
DRDO isn’t stopping at 2 kilometers. They’ve successfully test-fired a direct energy weapon system that can annihilate targets at 5 kilometers using a monstrous 30-kilowatt laser beam. The system is currently undergoing trials with Indian defense forces, and once deployed, it will create a 5-kilometer death zone where no enemy drone, missile, or aircraft can survive.
India just crashed the world’s most exclusive military tech club. This April, India became only the fourth country in the world, alongside the United States, China, and Russia, to demonstrate the capability of shooting down fixed-wing aircraft, missiles, and swarm drones using laser-based weapon systems. At Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, DRDO’s Centre for High Energy Systems & Sciences (CHESS) conducted a jaw-dropping field demonstration where their 30-kilowatt laser weapon absolutely destroyed a fixed-wing UAV and swarm drones, causing structural damage and disabling surveillance sensors instantly.
Why India Needs This ‘Star Wars’ Arsenal Now
Recent conflicts, both inside and outside India, have proven one thing: drones are the future of warfare, and countries that can’t counter them are sitting ducks. India needs these Integrated Drone Detection Systems in huge numbers. Every border post, every military installation, every strategic location needs this laser shield.
