US subs would be sitting ducks for new Chinese 'Death Star' laser satellite that will be able spot them 1,600ft below the surface
[DailyMail] - 'Project Guanlan' lasers may be so powerful they will make the sea 'more or less transparent'
- The artificial laser beam could be one billion times brighter than he sun
- Some experts say this type of deep-sea surveillance is 'mission impossible' as lasers are fundamentally unable to penetrate that deep
- Project Guanlan, which means 'watching the big waves' launched in May at the Pilot National Laboratory in Qingdao in Shandong
- Components being developed by more than 20 universities across China
Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-02 |