[ExI] Power sats as weapons

[John Clark]

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't think we need to watch power sats closely for one being turned
> into a laser weapon.


I agree, we already have an excellent method for instantly vaporizing
cities and I don't see what additional advantage a laser would provide in
accomplishing that task. And a huge but delicate power satellite powering a
enormous laser in geosynchronous orbit would be a sitting duck for anybody
who didn't like it.

 John K Clark
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