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		cf141q5325 on Feb 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: China wants to put a solar farm in space by 2025 Its in the article >China's proposal, meanwhile, appears to suggest converting solar energy into electric energy in space, before beaming back to Earth using a microwave or laser and feeding into the grid via a ground receiving system.

AstralStorm on Feb 18, 2019 [–]

Short version: they can fry a target in any country in about a day.

FerretFred on Feb 18, 2019 | [–]

If the country is small enough they can fry that too. I can think of a likely candidate already.

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