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Re:Raytheon High-Energy Laser by howmayiannoyyou on Sunday February 12, 2023 @06:53PM (#34768494)
Ground lasers unlikely to be effective at the balloon altitudes, and especially with atmospheric interference (eg. weather, moisture, etc). Airborne and/or space-based lasers are a different story and may work well when they're ready to be deployed. I believe the plan-based solutions are in trials.
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Re:Raytheon High-Energy Laser by antihipocrat on Sunday February 12, 2023 @07:13PM (#34768611)
I was interested in checking whether any treaties exist to limit the use of space based lasers.. and surprised to see that there are no rules against using them.

https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/ils/vol93/iss1/6/

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Re:Raytheon High-Energy Laser by mik1998 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @10:52PM (#34769920)
I would be sincerely surprised if there were any treaties, since I don't think any space lasers have ever been used.
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Re:Raytheon High-Energy Laser by antihipocrat on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:25AM (#34770449)
There's one in place for WMDs, and I don't think one was ever delivered from space.
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Re:Raytheon High-Energy Laser by aintgonnatakeit on Monday February 13, 2023 @09:11AM (#34773568)
Of the Gentile variety, anyway
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