It’s an AK-47 fit for “Star Wars.” China has developed a prototype laser assault rifle that can incinerate a target about a half…
It’s an AK-47 fit for “Star Wars.”
China has developed a prototype laser assault rifle that can incinerate a target about a half-mile away, according to the South China Morning Post.
The ZKZM-500 has similar dimensions to the AK-47 — but unlike the famous Soviet-era Kalashnikov, China’s version produces an invisible energy beam that can cause the “instant carbonization” of human skin and tissues.
One laser weapons expert said the new weapon can “burn through clothes in a split second… If the fabric is flammable, the whole person will be set on fire.”
“The pain will be beyond endurance,” according to the researcher who tested a prototype at the Xian Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shaanxi province.
