Ground-based and compact Chinese technology can disrupt or damage Starlink satellites operating in low Earth orbit.
  • unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml
    4·
    6 hours ago

    China builds world’s first 20GW microwave

    For some reason it took me at least 5 reads to notice the word weapon in the title properly.

        • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
          8·
          8 hours ago

          I also have a problem with overengineered inferior solutions to investing in improving and expanding what is cheap and works very well and that will negatively impact future space projects.

          You know, his entire shtick.

        • locuester@lemmy.zipEnglish
          115·
          8 hours ago

          Oooooo. Wow ppl really just gonna hate everything he touches eh?

          Remind me why. Is it mainly because of his attempt to reduce government spending, his views on trans, his Asperger’s, or his odd approach to reproducing with women?

          SpaceX has 10k employees that aren’t Elon ya know.

          • onlinepersona@programming.dev
            51·
            7 hours ago

            I already see this is going to be a fruitless discussion with those proposed discussion points. “His attempt to reduce government spending” 🤣 “attempt”.

            • locuester@lemmy.zipEnglish
              15·
              5 hours ago

              not even sure what you’re laughing abt. but fair to say it’s not going to be fruitful given this response.

  • FunkyCheese@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    11 hours ago

    We are at levels not even styropyro can compete with

    What does a microwave weapon do?

    Edit: can jam drone signals etc

    I thought at first, it could pop people like a kitten in a microwave