Chinese scientists claim to have made a breakthrough in a real-life “Death Star” energy ray weapon, according to reports.
The new high-powered microwave weapon combines multiple short electromagnetic waves to create a large focused laser beam — much like the Death Star from “Star Wars,” which destroyed planets by firing a particle beam consisting of multiple smaller sources.
New microwave technology developed in China. ©The Walt Disney Company/Courtesy Everett/Everett Collection
The breakthrough lies in the process of “ultra-high time precision synchronization”, which allows the beams to join together and focus on the same location, According to South China Morning Post,
The Chinese research team has now been able to produce precision between tiny lasers that exceeds the precision of atomic clocks, According to the Independent,
According to scientists, the time separation between the tiny lasers cannot exceed 170 picoseconds – or trillionths of a second, the South China Morning Post reports.
The researchers were successful in achieving this result with the help of optical fiber.
According to the outlet, massive technological advances – made possible due to the use of optical fiber – have allowed the weapon system to pass military testing.
According to South China Morning Post, Chinese officials say that this weapon can be used to suppress the signals of American GPS and other satellites.
Notably, the team of scientists claim that the combined power of the beams could exceed the sum of the individual beams, the Independent reports.
The outlet said these weapons are intended for use in space – not for land, naval or atmospheric operations.
China has long had energy weapons.
last year it was revealed that the Chinese government Was developing a “brain-disrupting” weapon. This program was designed to target military and government officials of foreign countries.
A senior fellow at the National University of Singapore’s East Asian Institute said the weapons could damage the mammals’ brains and even control them.
The communist nation once also produced prototype laser assault rifle Which was capable of destroying targets from half a mile away.
