In the Dune universe, why not use laser weapons as bombs? - eviltoast

In the Dune universe, when a laser weapons hits a shield, both are destroyed in a nuclear explosion reaction.

So instead of building nuclear weapons, wouldn’t it be easier to tie a timer and a “parachute” to a laser gun and drop it from orbit onto your enemy’s city?

    • Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      Okay but that’s obviously not the direction OP is intending to go. Nobody is forcing you to leave your opinion here. If you don’t find it to be fun to think about in-universe sci-fi explanations, then just leave us alone and don’t be such a toxic meanie.

      • Cagi@lemmy.ca
        21·
        8 months ago

        Yeah, I didn’t mean to come off ad rude as I did, more playfully snide than actually snobby, so I deleted my comment.

        I respect OP’s position without practicing it myself. It’s not that I don’t condone it, I just have a fundamentally different approach to this story and shared it. Badly. Lemmy is crap about actually getting rid of deleted content though.