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In the Dune universe, why not use laser weapons as bombs? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by sudo42@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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In the Dune universe, when a laser weapons hits a shield, both are destroyed in a nuclear explosion reaction.

So instead of building nuclear weapons, wouldn’t it be easier to tie a timer and a “parachute” to a laser gun and drop it from orbit onto your enemy’s city?

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[–] Nighed@sffa.community 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Also remember - no computers and that all space access is through the spacing guild or whatever it's called.

So control/timing is difficult and you would have to persuade (bribe) the spacing guild to support you. (Or have someone suicidal enough to do it manually. Could be set up manually with a timer I guess?

[–] sudo42@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Timer seems easy to do.