{"id":307398,"date":"2025-07-31T19:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/307398\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T19:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:58:12","slug":"pla-unveils-10gw-microwave-weapon-blueprint-with-ultra-fast-firing-superradiance-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/307398\/","title":{"rendered":"PLA unveils 10GW microwave weapon blueprint with ultra-fast firing \u2018superradiance\u2019 tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/china-military?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese military<\/a> scientists have revealed the design of a microwave weapon theoretically capable of firing 10 gigawatt power beams at a repeating rate of 126 million times per second.The inspiration for the blueprint can be traced back to an explosive quantum phenomenon first glimpsed in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/soviet-union?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Soviet<\/a> laboratories during the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3298900\/china-narrowing-gap-us-new-cold-war-over-technology-security-conference-hears?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Cold War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The concept is rooted in the physics of \u201csuperradiance\u201d, a design that promises unprecedented peak power, efficiency and firing speed \u2013 a combination that would mark a dramatic leap beyond limitations that have long constrained high-power microwave systems.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Published in a recent paper by a team from the PLA Academy of Military Sciences and Key Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology on High Power Microwave, the design outlines a compact, relativistic electron beam device that leverages a non-uniform slow-wave structure and precision feedback control to generate a rapid-fire sequence of sub-nanosecond-scale microwave bursts.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Computer simulations show the system producing a first pulse with a peak power of 16.6GW \u2013 boosting input power with conversion efficiency up to 143 per cent without violating the law of power conservation. Instead, it leveraged the coherent, avalanche-like emission of radiation from tightly bunched electrons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The working principle of the superradiant high power microwave generator. Image: PLA Academy of Military Sciences\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c4166d25-c60d-443e-96a0-50b6501a6032_dba531db.jpg\" title=\"The working principle of the superradiant high power microwave generator. Image: PLA Academy of Military Sciences\"\/>The working principle of the superradiant high power microwave generator. Image: PLA Academy of Military Sciences<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Subsequent pulses maintained power above 10GW, each lasting just 0.77 nanoseconds, with a central frequency of about 9.7 gigahertz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese military scientists have revealed the design of a microwave weapon theoretically capable of firing 10 gigawatt power&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3845],"tags":[112763,112759,1395,14787,10175,2333,112757,74,112761,3591,70,112762,112758,112756,16,15,1116,112760],"class_list":{"0":"post-307398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-physics","8":"tag-academy-of-military-sciences","9":"tag-cherenkov-generator","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-cold-war","12":"tag-fight","13":"tag-leo","14":"tag-microwave","15":"tag-physics","16":"tag-pla","17":"tag-quantum","18":"tag-science","19":"tag-soviet-physicists","20":"tag-soviet-technology","21":"tag-superradiance","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-weapons","25":"tag-zhang-guangshui"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114949620606579679","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}