Chinese scientists produced weapons inspired by the Death Star in Star Wars

If you’re a Star Wars fan, you’ll probably remember the scene where the powerful Death Star weapon uses eight laser beams converging into a single point to destroy the planet Alderaan. Now, in another situation where reality imitates fiction, a group Chinese scientists claim to have developed a weapon inspired by the technology shown in the movie.

The new weapon creates a super-powerful laser by combining multiple high-power electromagnetic waves that can be placed in different locations, directed to a single point, and synchronized.

However, the technology may encounter some technical problems. Some experts comment that the transmitters must be aligned extremely precisely for the weapon to be successful.

Weapon requires precision

Trigger times to ensure synchronization Must be controlled with precision up to 170 picosecondsWhether each transmitting vehicle needs to be positioned with millimetric precision.

Although China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system offers accuracy of up to 1 centimeter, this is still considered too low for the weapon to achieve 100 percent success.

Additionally, the vehicles must be perfectly level, as any changes in the surface can cause misalignment of the emitters, compromising the operation of the system.

Another challenge that technology must face is the limitations caused by the environment. This is because microwaves do not work for long periods of time due to dispersion caused by dust and moisture in the air.

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