The space armament treaty says: no nuclear, biological or laser weapons in space. but kinetics...
The space armament treaty says: no nuclear, biological or laser weapons in space. but kinetics...
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For another take on Kinetic impactors try The moon is a Harsh Mistress or as they call them. Tossing rocks down the gravity well.
I remember how in the book people show up to the announced site to watch it like tourists, and of course they get atomized. Same idea appears in Independence Day. I always thought “that would never happen, people aren’t that stupid”, but the pandemic changed my mind on that front.
People were picnicking at the first battle of the american civil war, pretty sure a couple died.
Never underestimate human stupidity.
Or try the Expanse!
Heinlein comes off a bit fascist these days but that’s me.
His books are often (mostly?) social and governmental thought experiments. You'll find a vast range of ideas if you read all his stuff.
And that range leans fascist.
Would you call "Stranger in a Strange Land" fascist? Because that would seem absurd. (We might make fun of Jubal being a Heinlein stand-in character, and that would be fair.)