Beijing. China claims that it has found a way to make a laser gun that can fire indefinitely. According to the Chinese claim, its army now has the capability to weaponize lasers. It can shoot down orbiting satellites as well as hit distant targets on the ground (power!) . Former British military officer Steve Weaver tweeted that if the claims about Chinese cooling technology are true, it could establish China’s superiority over the United States in many aspects.
The Chinese military has shared a potentially major advance in energy weapon technology, although this needs to be confirmed. Experts at the National University of Defense Technology in China claim that they have developed an advanced cooling system. This system can keep the high power laser running continuously without overheating issues. While lasers have been around for some time, these powerful beams usually generate a lot of excess heat, causing problems for previous attempts at similar weapons globally.
China has prepared a new cooling system for laser
Because of the heat, it is not possible to make a viable weapon that fires a laser beam. With this breakthrough though, possible laser weapons may finally become a reality. Reportedly, the new cooling system developed in China will use the gas flowing through the weapon to dissipate excess heat. This advancement will enable the weapon to fire precise laser beams continuously, without losing power or disintegrating.
what researchers say
“High-quality beams can not only be produced in the first second, but can also be maintained indefinitely,” the researchers said, while the United States has also explored similar technologies, according to the report. , but these projects have not found widespread use because they were not powerful enough.
Possibility of use in shooting down satellites
Former British military officer Steve Weaver tweeted that if the claims about Chinese cooling technology are true, it could establish China’s superiority over the United States in many aspects. In addition to offering a potentially less expensive alternative to conventional missile systems because they would not require conventional warheads, military experts say these advanced lasers could have the potential to intercept satellites such as Elon Musk’s Starlink system .