Chinese Scientists Have Developed a Powerful New Microwave Weapon: A Converged Energy Beam
In 2024, seven vehicles in western China each transmitted a high-powered microwave beam that converged precisely in both time ...
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Chinese scientists claim they have built a Death Star-inspired beam weapon
Do you remember the moment in "Star Wars" when the Death Star destroys Alderaan? Eight laser beams converge at a single point to form a super-powered laser that obliterates the planet. It was a ...
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Death From Above, Delivered by Light: Exploring the Destructive Potential of High-Energy Laser Drones
A research team led by a Chinese scientist known as "Crazy Li" has developed small drones that can emit powerful laser beams to cut through metal. This groundbreaking achievement, reported by ...
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China unleashes ‘Death Star’: Is advanced space weaponry a cause for concern?
China has unveiled a terrifying new weapon that could obliterate satellites with a Star Wars-style mega-beam. The high-powered microwave (HPM) weapon was first tested in 2024 and is already raising ...
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U.S. Air Force Predicts Force Fields And Death Rays By 2060
Directed energy weapons conjure up images of the Death Star’s Superlaser ... WHITE SANDS, NM - NOVEMBER 4: A beam director element of a Tactical High Energy Laser(THEL) is seen ...
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US Warship Fires Laser Weapon in Stunning Photo
The black and white picture shows a bright laser beam being fired from the Preble during a demonstration at sea to verify and validate the "functionality, performance, and capability" of the ...
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A startup is developing a 100-gigawatt laser to propel a probe to another star system. That may be powerful enough to 'ignite an entire city.'
An initiative called Breakthrough Starshot wants to explore another star system using ultra-powerful laser beams and wafer-thin spaceships. It's a goal that sounds so fantastic, you'd be forgiven ...
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Beam me to the stars: Scientists propose wild new interstellar travel tech
Most theoretical studies on "beam riders" for interstellar travel have focused on laser beams, which are composed of particles of light called photons. Notable examples include laser-powered ...