Russia announced the development of a project with the help of which it will be possible to carry out the conversion of solar energy into laser radiation. This technology will become a new way of generating electricity and will change the current trend of dominance of hydrocarbon sources, writes "Sina". The United States has become wary as such laser weapons will surpass their own.
The arms race between the United States and the former USSR has affected all spheres of life; traces of this confrontation can be found at sea, on land, in the air and even in space.
A laser device is a weapon that uses a high-energy laser that strikes or incapacitates a target through the directional transmission of a laser beam. The USA and the USSR conducted tests of laser installations, which were mounted on nuclear warships and satellites. Like lightning, such a weapon was capable of striking enemy air targets, destroying reconnaissance, meteorological satellites, early warning satellites, communications, as well as intercontinental guided missiles during their vertical flight.
Now Russia occupies a leading place in the field of theoretical research, and the United States - in the field of the use of laser weapons. In the near future, Russia will develop a new satellite laser weapon that will be better than the American in everything.
The press service of the Shvabe holding, part of the state corporation Rostec, announced the development of a project for space-based energy and laser-optical systems for converting solar energy into laser radiation. This technology is planned to be used in 2020. Optical equipment that converts solar energy into a laser will be installed on orbiting satellites. This will become a new way of producing electricity and will change the current trend of the prevalence of hydrocarbon sources.
Since 2015, the development and testing of laser weapons has been successfully carried out in all types of the US armed forces, the country is preparing for its use in the conditions of real hostilities. In one of the programs on the CCTV-7 TV channel, Zhang Zhaozhong (theorist of Chinese military doctrine, military observer and translator - ed.) Said that the American laser weapon has one serious drawback: After an attack, it needs 20 hours to recharge. Even the powerful generators on ships will not be able to supply these guns with enough electricity, let alone small satellites. It is not profitable to receive electricity in space by chemical means, since each gram of a satellite is more expensive than gold.
The fact that Russia has learned to convert solar energy into a laser has made it more realistic to use its weapons in practice in space and, of course, will allow it to overtake the United States.