Short answer, no, because you can't see them. They also would travel too fast. However, in most hard science fiction, rotating or changing the point of impact will tend to screw up the amount of damage they can do.

I wish he had done the math to see what size(width) laser you would need for it to be 1km wide at the moon's orbital distance.

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Looks like an interesting topic, but my utter disdain for thunderfoot as a sad excuse for humanity prevents me from giving him the viewcount.

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