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Does viable laser based space station meteoroid defense already exist?
>a 2020 report said that Iron Beam was thought to have a maximum effective range of up to 7 km, and could destroy missiles, UAVs (drones), and mortar shells around four seconds after the twin high-energy fiber-optic lasers make contact
>By 2023, energy levels could reach 100 kW or more and the system could focus a beam to the diameter of a coin at a distance of 10 km (6.2 mi)
seems like it's already almost enough powerful and accurate enough to destroy the kinds of micro meteoroids that pose a threat to spacecraft