Will destroy without noise and dust: a secret weapon against satellites appeared in China

To spread: Chinese scientists have presented a launcher for space shells that can disrupt intelligence or communication satellites. The compact and inconspicuous device is based on the principle of a powder engine. It is designed to remove dangerous garbage from the orbit of Earth, but it can be used as weapons, writes South China Morning Post (SCMP).

It is reported that unlike ordinary weapons that can create dazzling outbreaks, intense vibrations and clouds of debris, the new system does not create smoke, light and has a slight vibration during a shot. This was possible due to the closed gas absorption mechanism. According to the developers, a capsule with a grid to collect debris, you can accurately start the target without any harmful shocks for the starting platform.

During a shot from the starting installation, a small charge is ignited, generating gas under high pressure that drives a piston forward. Then the weak section breaks, releasing the projectile. Most of the kinetic energy and vibration are taken by a ring, located at an angle of 35 degrees, which occurs with a projectile near the muzzle. It absorbs the recoil, almost completely eliminating vibration. Meanwhile, the gas is sealed with a lid, preventing contamination of the space environment.

The developers claim that the launcher was created to solve the problem of orbital debris, such as thousands of non -functioning satellites and waste degrees of rockets that rotate around the Earth. At the same time, the publication believes that a slight modification of the starting plant will make it an effective weapon against hostile intelligence or communication satellites. This opinion was confirmed by one Beijing scientist-cosmologist on the conditions of anonymity.