Nov 25, 2024 05:28 PM
https://www.livescience.com/technology/e...eam-weapon
EXCERPT:. . . According to the South China Morning Post, a scientist involved in the project claimed the combined power of the converging microwave beams has a combined effect of “1+1>2” — despite such a claim breaking the law of conservation of energy. Nonetheless, a powerful combined microwave is more useful than multiple smaller microwave sources.
Microwaves cannot operate over long distances as dust and moisture scatter the waves. This can be countered by increasing the power, but doing so presents significant logistical challenges, as batteries currently do not have the energy storage capacity to provide that amount of energy.
Quite possibly, the Chinese research team has been able to achieve a converging microwave weapon system in a controlled environment. However, the real world is vastly more chaotic, which will present huge challenges for any technology that relies on such a high degree of precision... (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPT:. . . According to the South China Morning Post, a scientist involved in the project claimed the combined power of the converging microwave beams has a combined effect of “1+1>2” — despite such a claim breaking the law of conservation of energy. Nonetheless, a powerful combined microwave is more useful than multiple smaller microwave sources.
Microwaves cannot operate over long distances as dust and moisture scatter the waves. This can be countered by increasing the power, but doing so presents significant logistical challenges, as batteries currently do not have the energy storage capacity to provide that amount of energy.
Quite possibly, the Chinese research team has been able to achieve a converging microwave weapon system in a controlled environment. However, the real world is vastly more chaotic, which will present huge challenges for any technology that relies on such a high degree of precision... (MORE - missing details)