The boys over at North Street Labs built a handheld burning laser and made it look super simple ... as well as a prefab driver board. Now the real build starts. They hit the metal lathe and ...

Claims of its capabilities, however, are being disputed. Burning things with lasers is nothing new but the disputes are mostly based around such a small laser being effective at an 800 meter range.

The laser is then used to focus on the incoming threat and hit it, burning through the projectile and rendering it inaccurate. Development is likely to be expensive, but the beam could be cheaper ...