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You're going to need a lot of ASAT firepower to put a dent in StarLink's constellation (thousands of minisats).


And thus lasers, which will presumably have a far higher sustained fire rate / magazine depth than ASAT-capable missiles. (And 100kW-class lasers aren't science fiction anymore, since the US Navy is deploying them for testing)




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