On July 9, 1962, the U.S. military made the “Starfish Prime” test near Johnson Island. The test was a high-altitude 1,4 megaton nuclear test. This detonation. Turned the electric supply off in Honolulu. And. That nuclear detonation. Showed the impact of the high-power electromagnetic pulse. The Starfish Prime raised a question: what if the EMP impulse could be made without a nuclear explosion?
In 1977, the Soviet reconnaissance satellite Kosmos 954. Dropped in Canada. The thing that made that satellite interesting. It was its nuclear reactor. Kosmos 954 used its reactor. For its radar system. But. Some researchers thought that the Kosmos 954 had a microwave or radio wave-based system that it could use against other satellites. The EMP weapon. That uses aimed maser (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) technology is an extremely dangerous system. The system can take out other satellites. But if that EMP system has enough power. It can also affect ground targets.
China developed the Starlink killer. That system can generate a 20-gigawatt microwave impulse for one minute, which can potentially destroy electronics on all satellites. The system can destroy the satellite constellations. The length of that system is five meters. The weight of the system. It is about five tonnes. The system can be mounted on a truck, ship, aircraft, or even in a spaceship. The name of the system. Is TPG1000Cs.
There are plans. To create radio-wave-based EMP systems. Those systems use radio waves that. Jump from the ionosphere to destroy electronics. High-power radars and radio telescopes can create EMP pulses. That can destroy computers and microchips in their effective range. The system can also use crossing radio waves. Those systems create an electric arc. Into the target area. Those systems can cause fire. And destroy also other things than just electronic components.
"Cosmos-954 satellite artist rendition Note: The image is a pure phantasy depiction and has nothing in common with the real Cosmos-954 (RORSAT) and should not be used to illustrate articles on Cosmos-954 or RORSAT" (Wikipedia, Kosmos 954)
China developed the Starlink killer. That system can generate a 20-gigawatt microwave impulse, which can potentially destroy electronics on all satellites. The system can destroy the satellite constellations.
The microwave-based system can also destroy low-trajectory reconnaissance satellites. But the ability to generate such a powerful microwave makes it possible to destroy electronics on the ground. If we think. About the orbiting system that can generate a 20-30 gigawatt microwave-EMP pulse. That system can be dangerous for hypersonic missiles and aircraft. And ground-based electronics.
The system can use solar panels or a small nuclear reactor. To create that kind of microwave burst. This kind of system differs from the explosive-based systems. That way. That it can give. Those high-power microwave bursts. into multiple targets. If that kind of microwave hits the missile base or communication platform, that system destroys the electronics immediately. The space-based microwave transmitter can also operate against other satellites. The EMP weapons are also suitable systems to use against drone swarms and combat robots.
This is one of the reasons. Why. Large-scale structures in space. Are. Somehow dangerous. China plans to launch data centers into space. Those systems require lots of energy. And the space-based microwave systems can use similar power supply technology that was developed for those data centers.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3342443/chinese-scientists-build-world-first-20gw-microwave-weapon-can-fire-60-second-bursts
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/19/inside-ring-china-rapidly-building-space-warfare-might-us-intel/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_954
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime
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