2026-08-31 14:02 UTC
@wingedhussar@poa.st @Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st @Sovereign@nicecrew.digital During the ColdWar‘s “StarWars” era it was theorized that lacking the laser/rail gun/particle beam tech of the West, Russia would just have rockets puff clouds of sand in opposing orbits to US military satellites.
Nowadays, I figure even Iran would have that capability in its arsenal. Here’s hoping!
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@Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st 2026-08-31 14:26
@GenesRus@poa.st @wingedhussar@poa.st @Sovereign@nicecrew.digital Ruskies thought the star wars thing was real. So they developed several technologies. Spinning missiles. Reflective undercoating (cuts laser by 90%) and emergency flash cooling systems. Also yes. Dust particle shields. The first 3 are implemented. So lasers are a no go. Nobody has developed an ion beam weapon yet. Devastating in space, practically unusable through the atmosphere unless you find a way to open it up right in front of the particle beam as it travels.