Chinese Scientists Turn Fiction to Reality with Energy Weapons
In November, China conducted trials for its high-power microwave energy weapons system using millimeter timing technology to direct powerful beams of energy against single targets.
With military implications, China’s technology could be a broader shift in global tech power as Beijing strengthens its position. The tech shield involves a complex synchronization of electromagnetic waves.
An analyst told Reuters that “as Samsung struggles, Chinese chipmakers might again gain control, which would result in a shift in the balance of power in the global market. Companies would be less reliant on Korean chips and would give China’s tech industry a boost.”
Powerful Results of High Energy Directed Weapons
As the research from the Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology in Xi’an, China stated that, “In order for the joining of microwaves coming from separate transmitters, they need to arrive at the target location at the same time and in similar form.”
This accuracy by the directed energy weapon is hardly achieved, every transmitting vehicle needs positioning with an error no more than millimeter size, timing between them should not exceed 170 picoseconds – more precise than in atomic clocks used by GPS satellites.
To accomplish this, the Chinese researchers created a network of seven microwave transmitting vehicles across western China. Linked by precise timing devices with optical fibers that allow for “ultra-high time precision synchronization,” the power of the energy weapons keeps advancing as the Chinese accelerate.
Trial results of the directed energy weapons systems showed this network to work in actually crushing all satellite signals, including the American GPS network. The research team said the system is made for a range of applications, including military training and new technology verification exercises.
Consequences of Tech Rise in China
The consequences of direct energy weapon technology exceed the range of military capabilities but have wider outcomes for the world tech environment. Technological advances and high-powered microwave systems could indicate a great leap in China’s technology industry.
Chinese chipmakers would have it out in the open for civilian uses with the same kind of precision by technology of energy weapons, which would put China as a leader in next generation. China, at the same time, would be in the top tech sectors worldwide and may reduce its reliance on Korean technology, giving it a competitive side in the semiconductor market.
With having the possibility of disabling satellite networks to give the Chinese directed energy weapon a smooth technological dominance, this high-power microwave weapon is also one of the top achievements in military and tech sectors worldwide.
The multiple trials and advancement of this energy weapons system might create a change in the balance of power, reflecting an extended role that China is increasingly playing in the world as a remarkable force in technology.
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