Every object in orbit could be an ASAT weapon.

 Every object in orbit could be an ASAT weapon. 

Researchers are worried. That China’s space-debris catcher can turn into an ASAT, an Anti-Satellite weapon. A debris catcher can also hijack other satellites. And that is the risk for national security. Satellites are vulnerable targets in modern warfare. They also play a key role in detecting enemies and providing communication datalinks and location services for both military and civilian services. The radar satellites can also detect their own troops if they carry a transponder that shows their location to radar satellites. The problem with radar satellites is that those satellites are easy to knock out. The ASAT missile can have similar systems what regular anti-radiation missile uses when it attacks regular targets. 

The drone swarms are things that require satellite-based communication and that advance and accelerate the development of anti-satellite weapons. In some models, high-power radars send EMP pulses against satellites. High-power radar impulses can destroy the satellite's electronics. Or the system can form an electric arc around the satellite. There are systems that push satellites into the atmosphere. In the Cold War era, the Soviets made so-called “Almaz” tests. where their satellites and Almaz-space stations, like Salyut 5, tested things like machine guns against satellites. There is a possibility that some miniature shuttles have ASAT roles in the military world. 

Things like Fractional Orbital Bombardment Systems, FOBS, causes the need for rapid reaction ASAT systems that can take these kinds of things out from orbit. The Chinese space shuttle made a flight with groups of mysterious objects, and that could be the test. There, the shuttle releases  and collects FOBS weapons, “space mines,” from the orbiter. The space mine means the structure whose purpose is to close the orbiter. Sometimes, miniature satellites that the kevlar wires connect together are planned for that mission. The problem is that the space mine must be removed when own operations begin. The nukes that are positioned into the orbiter can also be used to destroy other satellites and create EMP pulses that purpose it take the defense systems out. 

Things like laser systems are used to blind satellites. But there have been systems created that can destroy a targeted satellite. Those lasers and other electromagnetic systems can have megawatt-scale power. The orbital laser-satellite, with similar lasers. Used in the metal industry can cut and damage other satellites' solar panels. 

This is one thing that we must realize. And the second thing is that every object in the orbiter is an ASAT weapon. The simplest ASAT system is the satellite that collides with another satellite. This makes micro-satellites a perfect weapon. They are tools that can observe other satellites, but they can also act as ammunition, when they collide with another satellite in the case of war. Another thing is that the simple but effective version of the kinetic energy weapons is the space shotgun. In some other versions, the system uses a giant net to capture and push the satellite out of its trajectory. 

The system uses a rocket engine. The system pumps metal balls to the nozzle. And then the exhaust gas will send those balls against the targeted satellites. Or the system can use Claymore mines. To shoot metal balls at targeted satellites. Or those satellites can rocket salvos against satellites. In some visions, the system can drive a large magnet that pulls ions from the Van Allen belt to the targeted satellites. In some versions, the regular rocket transports a large number of metal balls to the orbital trajectory, making it useless. 

The problem with the ASAT weapons is this. The orbital trajectory is full of debris. Things like debris-cleaners whose purpose is to remove space junk are also excellent ASAT systems. The satellite can be put in the plastic bag, made of mylar. And then the small satellite simply pulls it into the atmosphere. The flying garbage can that takes a satellite in the tank and returns it to the atmosphere is the thing that can hijack satellites. And that system can take them to the ground for investigations. The satellite hijackers can be used to steal data from the captured satellites. 

Things like manipulator arms are things. The system can be used to push other satellites into the atmosphere. And in some visions. The satellites that carry hypersonic parachutes for return and recycle their components can also capture other satellites into those parachutes and take their targets with them. The parachutes can make it possible to research the microchips' sustainability against cosmic radiation. The problem is that the directed energy plasmoid weapons can cause similar damage to the solar plasma flow. The plasmoid weapon can knock out other satellites. And those kinds of things can be misidentified, caused by  solar wind. 

https://www.rudebaguette.com/en/2025/08/watched-net-drift-toward-a-target-in-silence-chinas-space-debris-catcher-sparks-fears-of-covert-anti-satellite-weapon-use/

https://www.twz.com/chinas-spaceplane-has-released-multiple-mystery-objects-in-orbit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaz

The Russian space weapons cause worries.

"The 'Cosmos 2553' satellite was blasted through the atmosphere atop a Soyuz-2 rocket from Russia 's Plesetsk Cosmodrome in February 2022" (DailyMail)

The Russian and Soviet space weapon projects started in the 1960s. At that time the Soviet military tested ways to destroy enemy satellites using kinetic weapons. U.S. and Soviets tested the way to shut down enemy defense using the EMP pulses. The EMP pulse satellite can be the nuclear bomb that detonates over enemy territory. 

That system destroys the electronics immediately. In the 1962 nuclear test "Starfish Prime" demonstrated the power of those EMP weapons. The U.S. military detonated a 1,4 Mt. thermonuclear weapon in space over the City of Honolulu. That nuclear detonator shut down all electricity from the city and launched burglary alarms. That test was made in the 1960s when the electronics were as vulnerable to the EMP as they are today. 

X-37B

One of the problems with space nukes is how to return them to the ground. If one nuclear weapon-armed satellite gets out of control and returns to the atmosphere without control. That system can deliver plutonium all over the land. The system can be a miniature shuttle like X37B or some of its Chinese variants. Rockets can transport those systems to the orbiter. And wait for orders to attack. 

The miniature shuttle acts as a super kamikaze drone that can destroy targets on the ground. The hit angle that those systems can use can be surprising. The low hit angle causes trouble for defense. That system can return to a normal airfield. For service and repairments. The miniature shuttle can also carry ASAT weapons like kinetic energy systems and lasers. 

The ASAT satellites can have the "Kill system", like lasers or kinetic energy weapons. Or operators can drive them to collide with other satellites. The ASAT system can also carry kinetic systems. Those systems can involve steel balls. That is packed into the rocket's nose. When a rocket releases those steel balls. They can fill the orbiter with debris. That makes it impossible to use it. When those steel balls orbit in the opposite direction to the targeted satellites and impact them, that impact destroys those targets immediately. 

The Soviet military had three main types of space weapons programs. 

1) ASAT, Anti-Satellite weapon projects. 

2) ABM, Anti-Ballistic missile projects. 

3) FOBS, Fractional orbital bombardment systems. 

The FOBS involves two types of subsystems. 

A) The bombardment system that means bombs or missiles that can be launched from orbital satellites. 

B) The EMP Weapons. Which means the satellite carries a nuclear weapon. That detonates in the satellite. Unlike in the movie "Goldeneye," the satellite doesn't necessarily remove its shell before it detonates in the trajectory. That means those satellites whose mission is to destroy other satellites and enemy electronics can detonate almost without warning. In real life, those systems require the trigger signal. 

That command center cannot send signals straight to another side of the world. It must use the chain of the communication satellites. Or hide the command system in the embassy or establish a control station on another side of the world. So, could the Russian SIGINT station at Lourdes, Cuba have some role with the EMP weapon systems? Also, the command center can be on ships. 

All of those programs involved space, aircraft, ship, and land-based kinetic energy, laser, and radio-wave-based systems. The mission of those systems was to disturb and knock out enemy (NATO) satellites. Soviets used land-based lasers against the low-flying recon satellites by pointing laser weapons at them. 

And laser systems disturb those satellite cameras. The purpose of those lasers was to blind satellites. When the contract of the space demilitarization was made that contract prohibited weapons from space. But it's possible that the Soviets and maybe some other countries continued those weapon tests in silence. 

The case Kosmos 954 was a satellite that fell to Canada in 1977. The recon satellite used a nuclear reactor as a power source. And that caused questions about the purpose of that satellite. Officially Kosmos 954 was a radar recon satellite that needed that power for its radar. But it's possible that the Kosmos 954 could have some kind of electromagnetic pulse, or EMP weapon. The EMP weapon that bases the high-power radio impulse, and double pole radio waves that cause electric arc to other satellites can damage other satellites. The question is: Was that nuclear reactor used for that kind of weapon? 

Soviets also had a program called ALMAZ. That program consisted of space stations and satellites. It's possible that some of those satellites and space stations included the ASAT role. Soviets also tested miniature shuttles like the MiG-105 "Spiral". Those miniature shuttles could be used against satellites. But those small vehicles can also operate as "supercruise missiles" or hypersonic missiles. 

Miniature shuttles can drop normal bombs that are equipped with heat shields. Or they can carry internal nuclear weapons, that the system detonates in the right altitude. The shuttle can act as a super kamikaze drone that slides against its targets like military bases or cities. 

The new Kosmos 2553 causes questions. 

The unusual orbital trajectory tells us that there is something. That should not be in that satellite. There is a possibility that the Kosmos 2553 could be some kind of test bed for the ASAT or FOBS satellite. The satellite can detonate internal nuclear weapons at the orbiter. That detonation causes an EMP-impulse that can destroy electronics all around the world. 

The EMP weapon that suddenly detonates over the USA can shut down its electric supply and cause critical damage to the military and civil aircraft. The Kosmos 2553 causes a critical need to put the anti satellite systems in the orbiter. And that accelerates the arms race in space. 

The ground-based systems do not have enough time to react if the Kosmos 2553 type satellite suddenly detonates over the USA; that system can critically damage the U.S. or Europe's defense. 

The nuclear weapon that detonates at the front of the missile mass-raid can also detonate and damage many of those missiles. The EMP satellite can have two roles. To destroy opponents' missiles when they rise over the atmosphere and suppress the enemy's ability to use air defense. 

The new problem that we should consider is nuclear air-to-air missiles. The nuclear warhead gives those missiles the multirole capacity. The aircraft can use those small nuclear missiles against all targets. The nuclear air-to-air missile can destroy ships, troops, and cities as well as destroy aerial targets. 

Those nuclear missiles are suitable for space weapons. The spaceborne satellite that looks like "Katyusha" rocket mortars can carry those missiles. And that gives that kind of system an ultimate strike ability. Russians say that they will give funds for those kinds of weapon systems that can be dangerous against all other things in space, land, and sea. The space-launched nuclear missile can destroy submarines if its warhead detonates under the sea. 

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/is-russias-cosmos-2553-satellite-a-test-for-a-future-orbital-nuclear-weapon/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaz

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime

Images: DailyMail. 

Do we have the right to colonize other worlds?

When we think about the colonization of Mars, the asteroid belt, or even our entire solar system. 

Sometimes we ask, do we have the right to do that? The answer is this. Why don't we do that? If there are no life forms. Those minerals and materials can solve at least part of the human needs. And if our population grows like it grows today. We should think about colonizing other planets. But those days are far in the future. 

The other planets like terraforming Venus. Martian cities under the large diamond glass domes can help with some problems. Those laboratories can help to find out was there is ever life on Mars. 

Image 2. Magnetic railgun can shoot shuttles to space from Mars. 

The Mars base can use the shuttles to transport people and cargo to the Mars orbital. The launch site might be the crater of the Olympos Mons. The rocket engine can use a nano-carbon-oxygen mixture as fuel. 

Another way is to make the magnetic accelerator the giant "rail gun" to the Olympos Mons's slopes. And that giant railgun can shoot the shuttle into the orbiter. There the shuttle will dock with the nuclear rocket that transports cargo to Earth. 

The fact is that if we want to solve overpopulation problems we should make real maga-scale space colonies. 

So maybe we can't solve overpopulation problems by transporting people to other planets. That requires so much investment that there are no resources for that. 

But that thing brings glory and gold to people who create the stable, manned laboratory on the Red Planet. Venus's highlands can also be a good place to make some kind of laboratories. 

Those laboratories can use the carbon monoxide from Venus's atmosphere as the oxygen source. The system conducts carbon monoxide from the lowlands to the separation system, which separates oxygen from carbon. 

And otherwise, things like space defense against asteroids require those colonies. 

The space colonies can host people who search for minerals and other useful things in the asteroid belt. And they can warn. If something dangerous comes to our solar system. 

But the other thing that boosts the space colonies is the glory. The nation that makes the first stable station to Mars will get glory and gold. And the first colonies on other planets will be space laboratories. The fact is that the space industry requires those bases. 

The other planets and asteroid belt can help to solve the problems. With the natural resources. The spacecraft can pull asteroids to the Earth's orbiter. There the system cuts it into pieces with lasers. 

And then some capsules bring those pieces to the ground. 

The Kuiper belt could be an excellent place for space telescopes. Those telescopes can search other worlds. That position offers a new view of our solar system. 

But they can also warn about things like incoming rogue planets. The Kuiper Belt is an excellent place to put the quantum computer centers. And maybe the high-power data centers will be built in there. 

If we want to colonize the entire solar system we should create things like antimatter drive. The antimatter system can load antimatter for antimatter rockets by transporting spacecraft near planet Mercury. There the thin gold layer can transform the solar wind particles into antimatter. 

Then that antimatter will be stored in the magnetic chamber. Then those positrons or antiprotons will be shot into the rocket engine combustion chamber. That kind of rocket can open the route to the entire solar system. But the stars are a little bit too far. 

The military bases in space. 

The thing there we need in space colonies is scientific. We hope that humans will be civilized and don't put nukes in space. But the arms race goes to space. Things like fractional orbital bombardment systems that mean the nuclear warheads positioned on Earth orbital forces nations to create things like killer satellites. Those satellite's mission is to offer rapid reaction capacity for defenders. The purpose of a killer satellite is that the system destroys the FOBS weapon before the enemy launches it. 

The Moonbase can also serve as a military application. It can observe Earth. And in some horrifying visions, the Pershing- or SS-20-type missiles will be positioned on the Moon. The missile base on the moon is one of the most horrifying things that humans ever created. In some visions, those nukes can be put in nuclear-powered vehicles that can wait on the dark side of the moon. When the launching order comes the system can drive those vehicles into the shooting position and open fire. Those missiles can use nuclear- or kinetic energy warheads. 

Images: Gemini AI. 

Can we ever reach other solar systems or even Mars?

"Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace.

–Response to a reporter's question following criticism in The New York Times, 1920" (Wikipedia, Robert Goddard)

That is a good question. That depends on what the word "ever" means. If we determine the word "ever" in human lifetime we face one interesting thing. Maybe we who were born in the 20th century will not see that Mars trip happen. And it takes a far longer time to create a large-size stable colony. In the same way, we cannot think that things like Alcubierre's drive will not complete our lifetime. 

Manned journeys to other planets than Mars are possible. But the risks are too high. Or the journeys to other planets than Mars, Venus, and Mercury take too long. And we cannot expect that people would spend lots of time in their lifetime in some spacecraft. Jupiter is too far for even the nuclear rockets and all nuclear rockets are CAD images on computer screens. And maybe we will not send the interstellar probe to Alpha Centauri in the next 200 years. Those things are purely theoretical. 

But then we can look at history. We must realize that airplanes or heavier-than-air aerial vehicles flew first time in 1903. The Russian researcher Konstantin Tsilokovsky (1857-1935) made theories about flight outside the atmosphere in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. That man introduced the idea of the space elevator. In 1945 Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) introduced a model of geostationary satellites. Making communication satellites possible.  

Chinese invented rockets in the 13th century. The thing is that Robert H. Godard (1882-1945)invented the liquid-fueled rockets. However, the Chinese invented the powder rockets hundreds of years before Goddard. 

The Chinese used rockets in the 13th century. 

"Robert Goddard, bundled against the cold weather of March 16, 1926, holds the launching frame of his most notable invention—the first liquid-fueled rocket."  (Wikipedia, Robert H. Goddard)

"irst successful flight of the Wright Flyer, by the Wright brothers. The machine traveled 120 ft (36.6 m) in 12 seconds at 10:35 a.m. at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville Wright was at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with his hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. Wilbur Wright ran alongside to balance the machine, and just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing in the photo. " (Wikipedia, Wright Flyer)

"The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine. This is described as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air, powered flight" by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, but is not listed by the FAI as an official record." (Wikipedia, Wright Flyer)

"V2-Rocket in the Peenemünde Museum" (Wikipedia, V-2 rocket)

"The Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket launch vehicle lifts-off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., at 9:32 a.m. EDT July 16, 1969, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex Pad 39A." (Wikipedia, Saturn V)

"The Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven-member STS-120 crew head toward Earth-orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred at 11:38:19 a.m. (EDT). Onboard are astronauts Pam Melroy, commander; George Zamka, pilot; Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock, European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli and Daniel Tani, all mission specialists." (Wikipedia, Space shuttle)

Above: SpaceX Starship

2013 Lockheed Martin concept image of the SR-72 (Wikipedia, Lockheed Martin SR-72)

Artist's concept of a Skylon reaching orbit (Wikipedia, Skylon)

"The Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application (NERVA) was a nuclear thermal rocket engine development program that ran for roughly two decades. Its principal objective was to "establish a technology base for nuclear rocket engine systems to be utilized in the design and development of propulsion systems for space mission application" It was a joint effort of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and was managed by the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office (SNPO) until the program ended in January 1973. SNPO was led by NASA's Harold Finger and AEC's Milton Klein." (Wikipedia, NERVA)

NASA artist rendering, from 1999, of the Project Orion pulsed nuclear fission spacecraft. (Wikipedia, Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)

Daedalus spacecraft concept. (Wikipedia, Project Daedalus)

Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) made the world's first liquid-fueled rocket in the year 1926. In fact, things like V-2 (A-4) rockets and the Saturn V rockets used a similar fuel pumping system. That Goddard used in 1926. So Wernher von Braun didn't invent liquid fuel rockets. But then we must remember that in the 1970's things like space shuttles were science fiction. Things like hypersonic flight in the atmosphere were hype in the 1990's and today there are plans for making hypersonic aircraft. 

The hypersonic shuttle can use scramjet engines in the atmosphere. Then the iris at the front of the scramjet will close. And the system starts to pump internal oxygen to those engines. That can make the new types of space shuttles possible. When we think about advances in rocketry we must realize that the Musk's SpaceX Starship project has one problem. Musk's Starship is so noisy. The next revolution can be the airplane that can raise airborne from regular airports. Fly to the edge of space. And then launch their rocket engines. 

But then to the interstellar and interplanetary journeys. The fact is that the safety of nuclear rockets is problematic. There is the possibility of making interplanetary probes that use things like an antimatter-cathode engine. That engine creates anti-electrons called positrons in the particle accelerators that are connected to its solar panels. The other track drives electrons against those positrons. 

The system can inject some propellant like hydrogen, water, or hydrocarbon into the combustion chamber. Those systems can open our path to the entire solar system. But stars are too far for us. As we have seen from history. Technology advances very fast. And maybe our grandchildren can make the interstellar probes possible. 

Advanced robotics and AI make it possible to create unmanned systems that can travel hundreds of years. Those systems can travel to other solar systems in time when their creators already die when they arrive. Then sooner or later we or our descendants must make the choice. Will they die when the sun grows into a red giant? Or will they travel into the other solar systems? Or maybe they can create a system that allows them to transport themselves into the past? That system can be the large-scale Tipler cylinders. But who knows the future? 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp_drive

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer

3D-printed glass can make concrete suitable for space stations.

3D-printed concrete is one of the most futuristic materials. Space concrete made using extraterrestrial dust is twice as hard as concrete made using Earth dust, making it useful for space stations. However, there is no atmosphere in space, making space concrete problematic to create. The thing is that the space concrete might be far different than we expected. One of the things that makes concrete useful tools for space stations is the regular space station. There astronauts can make concrete bricks. Then they must just connect those bricks into the larger scale structures. That kind of thing can make better armor against micrometeorites. 

Another thing that can make the 3D printable concrete in space is the large lens. That lens can turn the space dust into a glass structure. And there those builders can put sand and dust. The solar lens will melt the stone, and theoretically, that glass or melted stone can be used for making glass for 3D printers. Solar power systems can also make it possible to decrease the emissions that concrete-making causes. The 3D printable concrete will be the new thing in the building technology. If researchers can replace stone powder and water using melted stone, that thing can be the next generation of building material. 

Large lenses (or parabolic mirrors) can also warm water or some other liquids in the tubes. And that makes them suitable for solar generator power sources. Those large lenses heat water that rotates generators. The solar panels are withdrawn solar generators. But the lenses that heat water can be used in regular power plants. That makes it possible to combine those systems with existing technology. 

Some research tells us that concrete will be a suitable material for space structures. That thing means it's suitable for moonbases, and other stations in a gravitational environment. Engineers can use it also in space stations that hover the zero gravity environment. The 3D-printed concrete structures can be easier to replace than some traditional space station materials. The system must just inject glass or melted stone into the damaged point. Space dust is a good material for that concrete because it's easy to find. That is one of the most important things if we want to move to an asteroid belt and build structures there. 

https://scitechdaily.com/cosmic-concrete-made-from-extra-terrestrial-dust-is-twice-as-strong-as-regular-concrete/

The new Chinese drones can be frightening tools.

"Scientists have addressed most of the technical challenges related to the new laser drone. "(Representational image) (InterestingEngineering, China: Drones equipped with new tech to emit metal-cutting laser beams)

The new Chinse nasty drone creates metal-cutting laser beams. That kind of drone can be a real game changer in the military and civil work. The metal-cutting lasers can destroy many targets. But they can also used in civil work like cutting metals in demolition sites. Those drones can also bulldoze the metals away from the accident zone. 

But as we know. Metal-cutting drones are multi-use equipment. The same drone can cut the cannon tubes. Aim their metal-cutting lasers at ammunition dumps or communication antennas. They can cut airplane wings and cut power lines. Those drones are perfect tools for assassination missions. High-power carbon monoxide lasers are dangerous tools in the wrong hands. 

"An illustration of China's secretive Shenlong space plane in orbit. (Image credit: Erik Simonsen via Getty Images)" (LiveScience, China's secret space plane has released another unknown object over Earth)

Sources: LiveScience and Gizmodo

In December 2023 and July 2024. The Chinese top secret miniature shuttle Shenlong released so-called wingman objects. Those objects can be the transportation and return tanks for quadcopters that can make many missions on the battlefield and other missions. The satellite-controlled quadcopters can be released into the atmosphere and then the return capsule releases those quadcopters at the right altitude. 

The Chinese shuttle orbiter can drop those drones to operational areas. It's possible. The small silent or passive objects near the Chinese miniature shuttle were the transportation capsules for those quadcopters. The nuclear isotope batteries make those drones capable even of intercontinental operations. A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) is a tool that gives those drones even years of operational ability. And that gives those drones the capacity to travel all around the Earth. 

The power of those lasers can be enormous. In comparison to their size, multiple drones aim their lasers at one point. The system can also use the lead ray. Which is more powerful than the laser rays that other drones transmit into it. 

That system works like crossing water flows. The more powerful laser ray pulls other laser rays with it. That thing means that the system that uses quite small lasers can create quite powerful laser beams by connecting multiple laser beams together. The system looks like a little bit of a Death Star's laser system. 

The metal-cutting drones can cut holes into the submarine's pressure hulls and they can make damage to rockets. The thing that makes those drones problematic is that they can also have a role in civil work. In some visions, the drones have 3D printing systems that can make metal structures. Lasers can used to melt metal wire for the system. 

And they can be used to finish the layers. It's possible that in the futuristic shipyards, those quadcopters can build even large-scale structures. The thing is that those laser drones are the tools that can operate even on other planets. The drone swarms with artificial intelligence can be used for many purposes. But. Those laser drones can be the tool that can destroy many high-priority targets. 

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