A new type of powerful microwave weapon, which combines electromagnetic waves with ultra-precise timing technology to increase power output to attack a single target, has been developed by the Chinese. scientists.
The weapon system, which has completed experimental tests on its potential military use, consists of multiple vehicles that emit microwaves and are deployed at different locations. They then emit microwaves that can merge into a powerful beam of energy to attack a single target.
This is similar to the Death Star you see in the Star Wars movies. To build up the energy needed to destroy a planet, the massive space station must combine eight laser beams into a single beam.
This idea was considered difficult to implement, because electromagnetic waves from different transmitting platforms must arrive at the same location at the same time and in the same form to achieve an effective force combination.
According to the research team’s calculations, all this is necessary microwave vehicle to be deployed with a position error reduced to just millimeters, and the time synchronization error between them cannot be greater than 170 picoseconds, or trillionths of a second, which is more accurate than the atomic clocks on GPS satellites.
Scientists and engineers overcame these obstacles and built a system consisting of seven transmission vehicles in western China. Experiments have confirmed that the device can effectively suppress signals from US GPS and other satellites, “achieving multiple goals such as education and training, verification of new technology and military exercises.”
The researchers connected the timing devices on the transmitter platforms with optical fibers to achieve “ultra-high time-precise synchronization.”