韩华系统公司表示，其研发的两款激光武器于10月14日在韩国陆军演示中击落了全部三架目标无人机，公司正向国外买家推广该技术。
Two laser weapons developed by Hanwha Systems shot down all three target drones during a South Korean Army demonstration on Oct. 14, the company said, as it pitches the technology to foreign buyers.
该公司的固定式青王激光防空武器和一款30千瓦级车载激光武器参加了实弹演练，演练在陆军“虎式+”未来战争综合作战演习期间举行。韩华公司称，约有500人参加，其中包括陆军参谋总长金圭夏将军。
The company’s stationary Cheongwang laser air defense weapon and a 30-kilowatt-class vehicle-mounted laser took part in the live-fire event, held during the Army’s TIGER+ Future Warfare Integrated Combat Exercise. About 500 people attended, according to Hanwha, including Army Chief of Staff Gen. Kim Kyu-ha.
《韩国时报》从演习现场报道称，青王对一架头顶上的无人机开火，该无人机“起火并从天空坠落”。该激光武器是分层反无人机演示的一部分，演示还包括电子干扰和K21装甲车对来袭无人机的射击。
Cheongwang fired on a drone overhead that “caught fire and fell from the sky,” The Korea Times reported from the exercise at a training ground in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province. The laser was one part of a layered counter-drone demonstration that also included electronic jamming and a K21 armored vehicle firing on incoming drones.
韩华公司未说明是哪套系统击落了哪架无人机，使用了何种无人机，哪辆车辆搭载了更新型激光武器，或两种武器的射程是多少。
Hanwha did not say which system destroyed which drones, what kinds of drones were used, what vehicle carries the newer laser or the range of either weapon.
10月14日的演示紧随9月16日在韩国2026年国防无人机技术展上的一次活动，当时青王连续击落了四架无人机和两架较大的无人驾驶飞行器，韩华公司称。
The Oct. 14 demonstration followed a Sept. 16 event at South Korea’s 2026 Defense Drone Technology Exhibition, where Cheongwang downed four drones and two larger unmanned aircraft in succession, Hanwha said.
“青王”在韩语中意为“天空之光”，正式名称为激光防空武器Block-I。韩华公司在韩国国防科学研究所主导的项目下研发了该武器。公司称其为全球首款实战部署的激光武器。
Cheongwang, meaning “light of the sky,” in Korean is formally known as the Laser Air Defense Weapon Block-I. Hanwha developed it under a program led by South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development. The company calls it the world’s first operationally deployed laser weapon.
韩国于2024年12月首次装备该系统，截至6月，主要政府设施共有约五套，其中包括国防部大楼，据《韩国中央日报》报道。
South Korea first fielded the system in December 2024 and had about five units at major government facilities as of June, including the Ministry of National Defense building, according to Korea JoongAng Daily.
朝鲜无人机多次侵犯韩国领空。2022年12月，有五架越过边境，其中一架抵达首尔。当时战斗机、攻击直升机和警告射击均未击落任何一架，据《防务新闻》报道。
North Korean drones have repeatedly violated South Korean airspace. In December 2022, five crossed the border, one reaching Seoul. Fighter jets, attack helicopters and warning shots failed to bring any of them down, Defense News reported at the time.
韩华表示，每发青王激光武器的成本约为1.50美元，这一数字与韩国武器采购机构2024年给出的数字一致。与传统火炮或导弹不同，该系统不使用弹药，只要有电力就能持续发射。韩华公司宣称，激光武器能够应对用于监视和打击的廉价无人机，而无需依赖成本更高的基于导弹的防空系统。
Hanwha says each Cheongwang shot costs about $1.50, in line with the figure South Korea’s arms procurement agency gave in 2024. Unlike guns or missiles, the system uses no ammunition and can continue firing as long as it has power. The company asserts lasers can counter cheap drones used for surveillance and strikes without relying on much costlier missile-based air defenses.
韩华也在内部为出口客户开发50千瓦激光装甲车，并在2023年9月于波兰凯尔采举行的MSPO国防展上展示了其模型。
Hanwha is also developing a 50 kW Laser Armored Vehicle in-house for export customers and displayed a model of it at the MSPO defense show in Kielce, Poland, in September.
在展会上，韩华系统公司经理朴亨云向《防务新闻》透露，公司已制造出原型机，并计划在2027年底前开始生产。他表示，韩华正在与欧洲、亚洲和中东的潜在买家就出口青王系统进行谈判。
At the show, Hanwha Systems manager Hyungun Park told Defense News that the company had built a prototype and planned to begin production by the end of 2027. He said Hanwha was in talks with potential buyers in Europe, Asia and the Middle East about exporting Cheongwang.
韩国2027年国防预算草案包括启动青王移动型Block-II版本研究的资金，据UPI报道。
South Korea’s 2027 defense budget proposal includes funding to begin research on a mobile Block-II version of Cheongwang, UPI reported.