[Question] Energy for lasers

[Siege]

How much energy a laser needs to be useful against an orbital target?
I know the Army blew the shit out of a decomisioned  comm satellite back in 2005.
I'm asking here of really combat capable lasers, capable of making a hole without having to burn through the target like current lasers do.

[CountDeMoney]

Tell your Chinese handler it's none of his fucking business.

[Siege]

 

[The Brain]

I think the yellow ones have eliminated the middleman and nowadays just post using Siege's account.

[Eddie Teach]

6.6 fucktons.

[jimmy olsen]

1.21 gigawatts!

[Admiral Yi]

9.86 infinityjoules squared.

[The Brain]

Siege, as a Jew you know physics right? You could look at the energy of the smallest/less energetic regular bullet that you think would wreck a satellite. There's your kind of base energy, then you just adjust for all the differences between a laser beam and a bullet and you're done.

[DGuller]

Tell your Chinese handler it's none of his fucking business.

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