China claims to have built its own Death Star

We are going through difficult times when people are becoming obsessed with creating the most destructive weapon possible. Leaving aside the already troubling issue of nuclear weapons, some Chinese scientists now claim that they have created microwave gun very similar to the famous one Death Star Star wars.

In the film saga, this spherical space station of the Empire was capable of firing several laser beams, which, converging at one point, could accumulate energy capable of destroying an entire planet. Residents Alderaan They experienced it in the worst possible way. Now what exactly does weapons developed in China? Could it be as destructive as the Death Star?

Before answering these questions, it is important to clarify that we only know the words of the scientists who developed microwave weapons. There are no published studies or any graphic documents showing what they created. Therefore, all this must be analyzed with caution. However, let’s see what information these scientists provided.

A microwave weapon similar to the Death Star.

Another important clarification about this microwave weapon is that the Chinese media themselves repeated it, comparing it to the Death Star. It is not a fact that scientists were inspired by this. But it cannot be denied that the mechanism is similar.

In your case use converging microwave beamslike laser beams from weapons Star wars. For this they built several vehicles with microwave transmitter which are strategically deployed in different locations. These locations must be very precise because the microwave beams are very narrow and the slightest deviation can cause them to fail to converge. Just one millimeter can ruin everything. In addition, the firing time of each beam must also be controlled with precision millionths of a second.

Where are the lasers?

To make this system as similar as possible to the Death Star, it is necessary laser devices. And the reality is that they exist. In fact, this is the mechanism that Chinese scientists used to achieve the required accuracy of their microwave weapons. As explained in Living Sciencethey were installed laser rangefinder positioning aids in each transmitting vehicle, so that a positioning system with millimeter precision was achieved. On the other hand, vehicles must also be perfectly level, since any change in their surface could prevent the desired convergence of the radiation beams.

As for the synchronization of shots, which, as we have already seen, should have an accuracy of millionths of a second, they were used fiber optic transmission platforms. But this did not apply to the entire system. Each car had its own control center.

Is all this viable?

Given these scientists’ explanations, creating a microwave weapon similar to the Death Star would be viable. Now, can it be used?

There are several factors that can cause this quite complex. To begin with, microwaves cannot operate over long distances because dust and humidity They disperse the waves. After so much calibration effort, such a weapon will only work in a vacuum. If you put it in an earthly environment, there are a lot of parameters that can throw everything out of balance.

Our atmosphere is chaotic. You can’t accurately predict everything that will be in it at any given time, how the air will move, or what the humidity will be. Therefore, if you try to use this microwave weapon, it will probably fail. This could just be a proof of concept. Of course, no one wants a Death Star in real life.