You also wont be able to see them with the naked eye. Imagine you’re on patrol and your buddy drops dead and there was no sound and no visible sign except the crackling from the fire that carved a hole in his chest. War is already scary enough tyvm. Everyone is going to have to wear white or reflective gear.
Okay, hear me out: camouflage. Desert camo for the satellites orbiting between Earth and Mars. Ocean gray for satellites orbiting between Earth and Neptune. And we can get Hugo Boss to design the camouflage for the satellites between the Earth and the moon.
If they are wearing white, all the better to see them, and use a variety of guns on them. Besides, no white is perfect, even when clean, (which won’t last long) so the laser would still chew them up.
You also wont be able to see them with the naked eye. Imagine you’re on patrol and your buddy drops dead and there was no sound and no visible sign except the crackling from the fire that carved a hole in his chest. War is already scary enough tyvm. Everyone is going to have to wear white or reflective gear.
It would be fun if the silver spandex of classic Sci-Fi turned out to be standard uniforms to counter laser fire.
Just like with snipers today, although i suspect that giant laser is not optimal weapon in high stakes hide and seek game
If there’s a constellation of them orbiting a few hundred kilometers up they’ll be pretty optimal. Like fairly optimal. Sufficiently optimal.
You can’t hide those from ground-based anti-satellite laser
It’ll be like with GBAD in Ukraine but in space, and satellites can shoot at other satellites too
Okay, hear me out: camouflage. Desert camo for the satellites orbiting between Earth and Mars. Ocean gray for satellites orbiting between Earth and Neptune. And we can get Hugo Boss to design the camouflage for the satellites between the Earth and the moon.
satisfactorily optimal.
I like your style
The atmosphere wants a word with you.
we can shoot that too
If they are wearing white, all the better to see them, and use a variety of guns on them. Besides, no white is perfect, even when clean, (which won’t last long) so the laser would still chew them up.
Also depends on the frequency of radiation used. Does it reflect infrared or microwaves? UV?
All true, but nothing reflects 100% even in the best case.