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How to Win an Interstellar War

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cosmology & astrophysicsMilitary history & warfare

What it is

A Kurzgesagt video exploring how advanced civilizations might wage war across light years. It looks at weapons such as relativistic beams and what they would do.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in discussions of cosmic rays and alien threats, especially the idea of sterilizing a planet from afar with an electron beam.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “according to a great Kurzgesagt episode”

    Aliens could sterilize earth from light years away with an electron beam.

    animatethrow, 2024-02 · Recommendation · in “GoPro Ride Through an Electron Beam Irradiator at Full Beam Power [video]”

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Topics: kurzgesagt, aliens, relativistic weapons, space, speculative science

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