## Lunar Warfare - Lasers or Projectiles?

* Author: u/None *
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* Created: 2018-09-15T02:00:23

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> **u/None** [+6]  (an hour later)
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>> **u/SimoneNonvelodico** [+2]  *Dai-Gurren Brigade* (6 hours later)
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>> Well, but if you have a giant propulsion laser that's probably not going to have much in the way of quick, agile targeting - a solar sail is a target that *wants* to be hit. Couple that with the fact that the destructive potential is obvious, and the propulsion laser will probably be made to be slow to target *on purpose* as a safety measure, exactly for the same diplomatic reasons.
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>> In other words, it won't hit the side of a space barn if someone can just as much as push it away by huffing and puffing.

>>> **u/None** [+1]  (a day later)
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>>>> **u/SimoneNonvelodico** [+1]  *Dai-Gurren Brigade* (a day later)
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>>>> Well, there still wouldn't be much point in making those too mobile either. They'll have some RCS control system I guess. I just don't see many possibilities for military use unless one carries out a major re-engineering project.

>>>>> **u/None** [+2]  (a day later)
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>>>>>> **u/SimoneNonvelodico** [+1]  *Dai-Gurren Brigade* (a day later)
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>>>>>> Mmm, fair, parallax would require them to be able to do some complex tracking.

> **u/Veedrac** [+1]  (4 minutes later)
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> Speculative videos have had some success here, so when Tech Ingredients put something out I felt it deserved a shot.

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