Chinese scientists have built a 'real-life DEATH STAR': Terrifying Star Wars-inspired weapon focuses microwave beams to wipe out enemy satellites

Chinese scientists claim to have created a 'real-life Death Star' capable of devastating enemy satellites in orbit. While the exact details of the weapon remain highly classified, Chinese academic journals suggest that microwave weapons like this are being developed for use in space. Chinese scientists claim to have created a real-life Death Star weapon which merges pulses of microwave energy to create a beam strong enough to wipe out enemy satellites According to the South China Morning Post, the secretive space weapon uses an array of seven microwave-firing 'vehicles'. Seven microwave 'vehicles' are connected by fibreoptics The vehicles use lasers to measure their exact position The vehicles fire a pulse of microwave energy with extremely precise timing All seven beams hit the target at precisely the same moment Enemy satellite communications are wiped out To ensure the microwave pulses hit the exact same point, the weapon also uses laser positioning devices to achieve millimeter-level navigation. Although it won't be strong enough to blow up a planet like in Star Wars, the weapon can use its microwave beams to knock out enemy satellites to disrupt communications and navigation More national militaries are investigating so-called 'direct energy weapons' which use bursts of high-intensity radiation to destroy or disrupt their targets.