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in reply to we are all

Actually no: microwaves are non-ionizing. It will thoroughly cook you, though.
in reply to davel

20KW microwave for reference

(1 / 5,000,000th of these peak watts)

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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

I know I’m running out of material, but I haven’t made reference to Real Genius in at least a year. youtu.be/rthHSISkM7A
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Defence scientists say the technology could threaten low Earth orbit satellite networks such as Starlink at an extremely low cost.


Low Cost? It's 100 Gigawatts. And the inverse square law is still a thing. In fact it's the thing, the reason most sci-fi weapons can't exist until we get infinite exponential power sources.

This will be amazing at missile defense and anti-air, however, thoroughly eliminating any reasonably distanced threat.

in reply to marxismtomorrow

100 GW means nothing without knowing how long you’ll run it. One second at 100 GW is about 28 MWh, and 1 MWh of electricity in the US costs about $25, so that’s around $700 per second.
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in reply to davel

Sounds cheaper than those guns that shoot missiles down with bullets, though I could be wrong.
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in reply to marxismtomorrow

It's low cost compared to trying to take out these satellites by conventional means.
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Very impressive really, combining microwave pulses theoretically easy, but practically very difficult.