Chapter 100: Deadly Light
At the Laser Research Institute, which is three kilometers away from the Materials Research Institute, experiments are being carried out intensively.
Qin Changge and the others were wearing thick protective clothing and carefully adjusting the laser, but this laser head was different from their previous research and development.
This is an accidental product, a laser material that was inadvertently combined by the Photosensitive Materials Laboratory.
This new material does not excite X-rays, ultrashort pulses, and the like, but gamma rays, and very lethal high-energy gamma rays.
I saw a black goose bought back from the goose factory and tied to the experimental table.
"Launch." Qin Changge commanded in a calm and low voice.
"Yes."
A corrective visible light point on the black goose, the frightened black goose was shaking its head, and suddenly an invisible gamma-ray laser hit the black goose with lightning speed.
In an instant, the black goose couldn't even react to the screams and struggles, and was destroyed by the energy of gamma rays from the inside out.
The researcher hurriedly turned off the laser and removed the black goose from the test bench, which had turned blackened, and the goose walked very peacefully.
The black goose was taken to the laboratory, and the researcher, wearing a full-body protective suit, held a cold-glittering scalpel and gently disemboweled.
"It's so powerful, even my heart and liver are black."
"Keep digging deep and see if this goose is dark." Qin Changge commanded.
The researcher in charge of the knife continued to cut open the heart, liver, spleen and lungs one by one.
Black! It's so dark!
It has been completely carbonized, even the bones are black, and there is dry black blood left on it, and those who were once alive and bloody have completely died.
"It looks like it's dark." Qin Changge looked at the fragmented corpse and shook his head and sighed, the power of the gamma ray laser was unexpected, and it could kill living organisms in an instant.
"Head, do you want to continue experimenting?" One of the researchers asked.
"Of course." Qin Changge turned his head and ordered, "Slowly adjust the power and test the lowest lethal point of the gamma-ray laser." ”
"Okay."
Suddenly, Qin Changge asked suspiciously, "By the way, why did you use geese as experiments?"
One of the researchers explained with a smile: "The goose factory in the next town was plagued, and the municipal health bureau asked the local goose factory to destroy it, and the procurement department bought the geese. ”
"I see." Qin Changge suddenly realized, and then he reacted: "These geese won't be passed on, right?"
"No, it's a virus similar to bird flu and doesn't infect people."
The experiment continued, and the infected geese were sent to the test bench, and then gamma-ray lasers of different powers were irradiated on them.
Whether it is the life of the goose or the virus on its body, it is cored in an instant with the irradiation of gamma rays.
Experimental data came out, and the laser laboratory finally tested the lowest lethal dose of gamma rays emitted by the laser.
But the experiment isn't over yet.
"Let's do a study of the laser range."
"Okay."
The experimental test lasted for three days, and the range of gamma rays emitted by the laser was somewhat unexpected, with an effective killing distance of about 53 kilometers at the maximum energy level and about 643 meters at the low energy level.
Luckily, they were facing the sky when they were experimenting, and if they were facing any other direction, they would probably be in big trouble.
As for how the sky tests the distance, drones and small airships are mainly used as targets.
The higher is estimated, and the killing distance can be estimated based on the height and density of the atmosphere, combined with the energy exhaustion curve of the gamma-ray laser.
And in addition to the effective killing of gamma ray lasers, it does not mean that everything is fine, the effective killing distance refers to an instantaneous kill, and if it is irradiated for a long time (more than ten seconds) outside the distance, there is also a huge risk.
Looking at the gamma-ray laser in the middle of the laboratory, Qin Changge and the others all had palpitations, this thing was too dangerous, it was simply a big killer that could be touched to death.
Huang Mingzhe has personally taken over the laboratory, and a large number of Security Service agents and military researchers are also in the laser laboratory.
"Mr. Huang, you should know the danger of this thing!" Wang Feng, who was dressed in military uniform, said solemnly.
Huang Mingzhe replied pointedly: "In this dangerous world, we need some security to live in. ”
Chen Li and Wang Feng couldn't help but nodded.
According to the calculations of Huang Mingzhe and Qin Changge and others, if the gamma ray laser is made three times larger, the maximum killing radius can reach 100~150 meters, and the longest distance is about 90 kilometers.
This is still a case where the material is not upgraded, and once the material is upgraded, the horror of this thing will increase.
For about three times the gamma ray laser, the whole laser is about five or six meters long, wide and high, and the weight is estimated to be about 4~6 tons.
Of course, this is without counting other equipment, such as the most important radar system and power supply system, it is estimated that only large warships can afford such a thing. On the land-based side, for the time being, it can only engage in fixed types.
However, the start is so powerful, and the above has agreed to set up a project for gamma-ray lasers, and is ready to fully develop gamma-ray lasers.
In addition, they also know that the Thinking Society is developing controllable nuclear fusion technology, and if the nuclear fusion power generation technology is successful, the gamma-ray laser is simply like a tiger with wings, and a steady stream of energy can be squandered.
The terrifying nature of gamma ray lasers lies in their high energy and high penetration.
Generally speaking, the wavelength of light determines the penetration of light, and the shorter the wavelength, the stronger the penetration, for example, our common X-rays are short waves, and gamma rays are the shortest light waves.
According to the original product developed by the laser laboratory, a lead plate with a thickness of 359 meters is required to completely block the gamma ray laser at the strongest energy level.
Can humans make a 359-meter-thick lead plate? OK. The question is whether it's worth it, and obviously it's not worth it.
The X-ray separator previously used by the Materials Research Institute is also a younger brother in the face of gamma rays, and it needs to be compounded to a thickness of 13 meters to completely block it.
Huang Mingzhe has ordered the Materials Research Institute to make every effort to develop a new material that can block gamma rays, with the strongest spear and the strongest shield.
Moreover, lasers are also being further studied, and more powerful gamma ray lasers can ensure safety.
Once the controlled nuclear fusion technology succeeds, the world will undergo drastic changes, and without sufficient force guarantees, those jackals, tigers and leopards will definitely not sit idly by, and the most likely scenario is to attack them in groups.
Therefore, the development of the strongest spear cannot be delayed.
According to his plan, the power of gamma-ray lasers will be increased to a range of more than 5,000 kilometers by 2020, and the maximum killing radius will reach 10~20 kilometers.
As long as the gamma-ray laser of this level is installed in outer space at that time, it will become a deadly sword on the head of the entire blue star.
What kind of ICBM has to kneel down and sing about conquest, no matter how fast it can be faster than the speed of light? Even the underground base a few hundred meters below the rock formation could not stop the blow of gamma rays.
Only with a real mortal threat would G not dare to act rashly.
Otherwise, the safety of nuclear warheads cannot be guaranteed, after all, those rats have a lot of underground bases, and if it is useful to grow mushrooms, they will not be acquired by G in the future.