* Breakthroughs in electromagnetic launch technology pave the way for a nuclear-powered warship to carry rail gun, laser and high-powered microwave: Ma Weiming
* Researchers do not say when the supership will be built, but say China is ready to take the idea from science fiction to the real world
Rear Admiral Ma Weiming, who is key to the development of China's most advanced naval technologies, has revealed the conceptual blueprint of a futuristic warship which he says is unlike any ship the world had seen.
"It will completely overturn the combat formation of naval fleets that has been in place for over a hundred years," he said in a peer-reviewed paper published in Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society journal on June 13.
Currently, naval combat platforms around the world, aircraft carrier groups, have been made more complicated by the diversity of tasks they must perform. This makes it harder for them to coordinate their actions effectively. These vessels are also expensive to build and operate.
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Update #1: China Building 'Star Wars'-Style Supership, Claims Report (NDTV)
Update #2: China plans to develop ‘Star Wars’-style supership: Report (Hindustan Times)
WNU Editor: Its just a concept, but China is dreaming big.
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