Should the U.S continue to squander money on overseas wars and kinetic weapons, or invest in space laser weapons instead?

Sending tens of thousands of troops to a location leads to never ending war. Space lasers can end a war much faster.

?2021-04-08T19:17:27Z

The problem with the science fiction thinking nonsense is we do not have a power supply that can produce any meaningful particle discharge or any meaningful laser blast. We're in the nuclear age we know how to make a nuclear reactor. We don't know how to build any meaningful particle weapons or any meaningful laser cannons just yet.

User2021-04-08T00:16:32Z

The sort of space lasers you're talking about are very, very high-powered
and are not really practical at the current time.

(Lasers that powerful require basically an entire warehouse-sized support and power structure. The power requirements are ENORMOUS.)

We can (probably) make space lasers that can knock out a high-altitude missile or another satellite
but a laser that can reach the ground
and
kill large groups of people?

As far as I know, a laser that powerful doesn't exist ANYwhere
let alone one able to achieve a range of Earth orbit to Earth surface
and with a power supply small enough to lift into space.

?2021-04-07T23:56:22Z

Space lasers are the future baby! What good will the racist cons guns do against a space laser you Nazi scum!

Ω2021-04-07T23:53:41Z

"The US Space Force's first mission should be to counter Jewish Space Lasers (JSLs), although watching comminist California burn don't bother me so much."

---Marjorie Taylor Greene

?2021-04-07T23:53:10Z

they should spend money on helping the homeless with drug addiction issues