From: valends3@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 1:45:56 AM UTC-5, melvin...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Given enough power and/or time they can chew there way through   
   anything(right?). They don't require heavy ammo that a ship would have to lug   
   around.   
      
   The question answers itself: a situation where the combatants *aren't* given   
   enough power and/or time, is a situation where lasers would be inferior   
   weapons.   
      
   Also, because everybody's moving around at kilometers-per-second speeds, your   
   ammunition doesn't actually need to be all that heavy.  See the Atomic Rockets   
   website, where -- I believe on the "conventional weapons" page -- the author   
   proposes using kitty-   
   litter as ammunition.  (Presumably an actual weapon would use sand,   
   ball-bearings, flechettes, or something similar.)  You don't need huge honkin'   
   artillery shells.   
      
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