Extrapolating from this one can imagine a rage of the future where entreprenuerial companies will be vying to create a handheld personal use drone laser. This would in turn require drones to become more “stealth” and nano… Considering this announcement is in a mainstream Chinese publication one can assume the development on drone lasers far surpasses what they are actually claiming publicly.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-11/02/c_133760714.htm