[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Chinese scientists claim to have created a 'real-life Death Star' capable of devastating enemy satellites in orbit.
The science-fiction-inspired weapon combines pulses of microwave radiation into a single powerful beam - just like the planet-destroying lasers shown in Star Wars.
In order to merge, the electromagnetic pulses must hit the exact same target within 170 trillionths of a second.
That requires levels of timing more precise than the atomic clocks on advanced GPS satellites - a feat previously thought to be impossible.
However, the weapon has now completed experimental trials for potential military applications thanks to breakthroughs in 'ultra-high time precision synchronisation'
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