 The State Department's offering up to $12 million for information leading to the arrest and or conviction of many of the gang leaders. Jessica Rosenthal, Fox News. South Korea plans to launch what it calls the Star Wars project, using laser weapons to shoot down North Korean drones, a military first for any country. South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration saying the weapons are cheap, effective, and hard to detect. The laser weapons bring down flying drones by burning their engines with beams of light.