Scientists in China have reportedly developed an incredibly powerful microwave weapon capable of disrupting or damaging low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Hong Kong’s SCMP newspaper makes no bones about it, referencing the threat to Starlink satellites multiple times, and even characterizing the TPG1000Cs as “Starlink’s worst nightmare.”
TPG1000Cs was created by a research team based at the High-Power Microwave Science and Technology Key Laboratory of the Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology (NINT) in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China. This high-powered microwave (HPM) weapon is built around a 20-gigawatt Tesla-type pulsed power driver.
