Low-Temperature Plasma Shield
Of course, at this stage, this is the only definition that humans can give for Super Artificial Intelligence from their own perspective; creating it is out of the question.
Those are Digital Life.
Human Civilization is still exploring how to create Strong Artificial Intelligence! In addition to the leaps and bounds in the field of Strong Artificial Intelligence, humanity has also made great progress in the field of True Nanotechnology.
This is primarily reflected in the precision of various instruments, equipment, and technological creations.
In just over a decade, humanity has been able to build various nanomaterials step by step from the nanoscale, creating countless processing devices with precision at the micro-nano level.
These advancements are enough to allow humans to create even smaller Nanomite Repair Robot, shrinking from the size of a ping-pong ball to the size of a soybean, but still remaining single-function Nanobots.
We cannot yet turn these Nanobots into real "swarms" for warfare. As for "Grey Goo Storm" like the "Silver Mist Consciousness," we need to go deeper and reduce the error to the Femtometer level, and the creation techniques need to reach the picometer level.
Oh, and we should also add one more thing: Strong Artificial Intelligence technology.
After further optimization of Nanobots swarms, humans discovered that their computers were no longer sufficient to control all Nanobots swarms. Single-function Nanomite Repair Robot swarms were manageable, but for swarms with multiple functions, computers frequently made mistakes due to various judgment problems.
At this moment, humanity realized that it was necessary to let Strong Artificial Intelligence take control.
As a result, human scientific research has once again focused on Strong Artificial Intelligence technology.
Of course, research in the field of nanotechnology will not stop there. On the contrary, inspired by the Technology Tree of the Nair Civilization, the history of technological development, and the diverse scientific ideas, scientists have come up with endless creative ideas.
Human society also experienced a Technological Explosion in this environment.
This Technological Explosion occurred after the war, but it was not directly related to the war against Artificial Intelligence. Instead, it was brought about by the technological system of the Nair Civilization and the capture of a sample of an Artificial Intelligence Consciousness.
Over the next decade or so, humanity made continuous breakthroughs in various technologies.
The continuous research into True Nano Technology has enabled humanity to possess many robust, durable, and highly precise devices that were previously unimaginable. With the support of these devices, a technology that had been successfully tested but could not be mass-produced into high-power devices has finally become a possibility for warships to be equipped with it.
Yue Yuan knew what it was, so when he heard the notification from the Research Institute of Physics, he immediately went to the scene to find out what was going on.
"Did it succeed?" Upon arriving at the scene, Yue Yuan went straight to the point and asked Liu Miyan, the physicist in charge of the project.
"We succeeded in the experiment Earth Era; we've only succeeded in scaling it up and making it more powerful," Liu Miyan replied in a loud, serious voice.
This technology wasn't developed by his team, but rather by scientists at the National University of Defense Technology during the Earth Era. The successful experiment was published in 2023.
The database also contains the original research project name and the names of the researchers. The full name of the project was "Research on Low-Temperature Plasma for High-Power Microwave Protection".
Even back then, humans learned through experiments that plasma has a protective effect against attacks from high-power microwaves.
The initial research used the plasma fluid approximation method and COMSOL Software to study the evolution of the incident Electric Field over time during the interaction between high-power microwaves and a columnar plasma array, and analyzed the physical process and mechanism of plasma protection against high-power microwaves.
Well, the name COMSOL Software might be unfamiliar to many, and they might not know what it is. But let's give it a Chinese name: Multiphysics Simulation Software. That way, even people who don't know physics can probably guess what this software does. Although the specifics might still be unclear, it's still better for laypeople than just looking at the name COMSOL.
At least the Chinese name will let laymen know that this software is for physics research, not for ordering food.
Let's return to the topic of using cryogenic plasma for high-power microwave defense research.
Chinese scientists obtained research results showing that high-power microwaves can cause drastic changes in plasma parameters, especially a sharp increase in electron density. This causes the plasma to exhibit metallic-like electromagnetic properties in response to high-power microwaves, ultimately achieving effective protection against them.
In addition, scientists at the National University of Defense Technology used high-frequency optical discharge to generate columnar plasma arrays, and experimentally verified the protective effect of plasma against high-power microwaves. Finally, they summarized the main problems that urgently need to be solved in plasma-based high-power microwave protection technology.
What is this? Simply put, this is the research on the principles and mechanisms of defense against EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon; it's the foundational technology for Energy Shield! You could say that the basic technology behind the Energy Shield depicted in science fiction movies was first achieved by the Chinese.
Now, with the advancement of Nanotechnology, our ability to scale up and increase its power is merely a step closer, building upon the work of our predecessors.
For this reason, Liu Miyan did not take credit.
"Hmm, with our equipment, what power can we achieve now? Can it cover the entire Lake-Class Warship? Has the endurance issue been resolved?" Yue Yuan naturally understood that period of history, after all, it was written in the database.
"It's solved. With the precision and strength of our current equipment, it's still a bit short of completely enveloping the entire Lake-Class Warship in a layer of Low-Temperature Plasma Shield. However, it can still cover half of the Lake-Class Warship by supporting an elliptical shield."
As Liu Miyan, he opened his Personal Terminal and transmitted the data to the screen in his office, demonstrating the current results to Yu Yue Yuan.
"However, I don't think it's a big problem. After all, our warships won't be attacked from both sides under normal circumstances. It should be enough to support one shield. Moreover, this problem will be solved with the advancement of our Materials Technology. According to the data provided by Academician Xu Zhenyi, as long as we make further progress in Nanotechnology, we can support a spherical shield to cover the entire Lake-Class Warship. This is a conservative estimate. In my opinion, even the largest warships will be fine."
Yue Yuan glanced at the shield and warship displayed on the screen and said, "The shield's protection mechanism needs to know the frequency of the incoming laser energy, right?"
"Yes." Liu Miyan nodded. "However, the frequency of high-energy lasers has a range, and this is especially true for high-energy lasers that can be used as weapons, so the frequency is not a big problem. Our shield also has a reaction range to high-energy lasers. As for those laser beams that are below the weapon level, we don't need to pay any attention to them."
Yes, that makes sense.
After all, the armor strength of human warships is sufficient to withstand most Laser Weapon.
The realization of high-power, large-scale production is the icing on the cake, giving human warships even greater and stronger defensive capabilities.
It is conceivable that the realization and installation of laser energy defense shields will once again change the war mode of civilized warships.
The scenes of long-range firefights may disappear, and laser Energy Weapon, like Positron Cannon, will fade from the battlefield.
"By the way, what's this type of shield called in the physics community?" Yue Yuan looked away from the demonstration model on the screen and towards Liu Miyan beside him.
"Low-Temperature Plasma Shield, that's always been the name," Liu Miyan matter-of-factly. After saying that, he paused for a moment, and then continued, "Oh, actually, according to the military's terminology, it can also be called Polarization Shield, since its essence is an invisible shield formed by electromagnetic fields and plasma through a series of interactions, and it can only defend against high-energy lasers within a specific frequency range."
Yue Yuan nodded. Indeed, both names were acceptable.
Then, another question suddenly occurred to him, so he asked again, "Can it be used together with the Magnetic Shield?"
"Theoretically, it's possible, but how to arrange the specific creations and how the two shield fields depend on each other depends on the engineering skills of those people." Because the two were quite close, Liu Miyan deliberately lowered his voice, but his loud voice still made his words very loud.
If the office hadn't been so well soundproofed, his words would probably have been heard by everyone else in the neighboring offices.
"Okay, that's good!"
Hearing this answer, Yue Yuan was relieved, because he knew the capabilities of the engineers and experts in the human Engineering Department.
The existence of Low-Temperature Plasma Shield and Magnetic Shield will inevitably change the way we fight. It is conceivable that when they appear on warships, the only weapons that can directly hit warships will be pure kinetic energy weapons like Electromagnetic Railgun.
Of course, this doesn't mean that laser Energy Weapon will fall into obscurity like Positron Cannon; they still have significant value.
The reason is that the defense mechanism of the Low-Temperature Plasma Shield is different from that of the Magnetic Shield in defending against positron beams. Essentially, it is Energy Shield, which has a limit, namely the power of the shield generator.
The power of the Magnetic Shield determines the deflection trajectory of the positron beam, while the Low-Temperature Plasma Shield requires the warship itself to provide energy, the shield generator itself to generate the input laser beam.
Therefore, as long as the Laser Energy Cannon are dense enough and the attack power is strong enough, they can still break the shield, that is, overload the shield generator.
However, this requires a long-term attack.
Imagine if both warships were only equipped with energy Laser Weapon and Low-Temperature Plasma Shield, then the factors that determine their victory or defeat would depend on whose shipbuilding technology is better, whose instruments and equipment are more durable, and whose fuel lasts longer.
After seeing the various parameters of the Polarization Shield, Yue Yuan envisioned various battles between warships and also began to think about the situation of the Level 3 Civilization's offensive and defensive war.