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xavxav | 3 months ago

you just need to speed up in the opposite direction by flipping around and firing bombs on the other side.

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ajuc|3 months ago

Which means if we get discovered by an alien probe it will look a lot like getting on the wrong end of a nuclear war.

I remember there was a quote from some sci-fi universe that there's "no such thing as an unarmed space ship".

arethuza|3 months ago

I believe that is the "Kzinti Lesson" from Larry Niven:

"A reaction drive's efficiency as a weapon is in direct proportion to its efficiency as a drive."

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeaponizedExhaus...

froh42|3 months ago

If you can get any kind of spaceship up to speeds to reach other stars within reasonable time - you've got an amazing weapon. Just ram into something at full speed. Ok, if you have enough energy to correct course to aim, only.