China makes progress on new ‘Death Star’ laser weapon: report

Chinese scientists claim to have made a breakthrough in a real-life Death Star energy beam weapon, according to reports.

The new high-powered microwave weapon combines many small electromagnetic waves to create a large, focused laser beam — much like the Death Star from “Star Wars,” which destroyed planets by firing a beam of particles made up of several smaller sources.

The breakthrough is in the “ultra-high precision synchronization” process, which allows the beams to converge and focus on a single spot, according to the South China Morning Post.

According to the Independent, the Chinese research team is now able to generate precision between smaller lasers that surpasses the accuracy of atomic clocks.

The time separation between the smallest lasers cannot exceed 170 picoseconds — or trillionths of a second, according to scientists, the South China Morning Post reported.

The researchers managed to achieve this result with the help of optical fibers.

This massive technological development – made possible by the use of fiber optics – has allowed the weapon system to pass military testing, according to the source.

Chinese officials say the weapon could be used to suppress signals from US GPS and other satellites, according to the South China Morning Post.

Amazingly, the team of scientists claims that the combined power of the beams could be greater than the sum of the individual beams, the Independent reported.

These weapons are intended for use in space – not for ground, naval or atmospheric functions, the source added.

China has long coveted energy weapons.

Last year it was revealed that the Chinese government was developing a “brain disrupting” weapon. The program was created to target military and government officials from foreign countries.

A senior fellow at the National University of Singapore’s East Asia Institute said the weapons can damage and even control the brains of mammals.

The communist nation also once produced a prototype laser assault rifle that was capable of incinerating a target from half a mile away.