Re: nanonukes and other cute things

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Tue Jan 26 1999 - 02:27:45 MST


"joe dees" <joedees@bellsouth.net> writes:

> Why bother with nanonukes? Couldn't a nanolaser be mounted on a
flybot for a "surgical" strike?

Energy densities - what do you power the nanolaser with? Remember that
it has to be strong enough to do damage. Besides, tiny apertures
likely diffract a lot.

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