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OGpsywar 6 points ago +6 / -0

Guns work just fine in space .. (with a bit of different chemistry for the propellants) .. , better, even, since less air to slow the projectiles.

But, yeah, think Particle Beams and chemical-cartridge Xray lasers.

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Sonofthemorning73 6 points ago +6 / -0

America has had that tech for decades.

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Sonofthemorning73 5 points ago +5 / -0

about 20 years ago I watched this one, helicopter mounted laser, that was able to push a tank off a building.

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OGpsywar 5 points ago +5 / -0

Stoopidly enough, all the jargon in the film 'Real Genius' was existing technology, and that was 35 years ago.