[hutzlibu]

technological advancements for defence, like Laserturrets.

And the fact, that nuking is considered a crime against humanity even when you target libertarians.

Does not mean that it will not be tried, though, as soon as they will be seen as a threat to any big player established. But there are lots of easier options, than plain nuking - "terrorists" for example. "A previous unknown generic terrorist group just has hit Seastate X, how tragic"

[zerostar07]

Or they could just declare them terrorists, easier imho.

[hutzlibu]

If they get the slightest possibility to do so, yes. Like, "they support a digital currency, which disrupts our economy, also they support people who write software, which is used by terrorists to communicate, therefore terrorist supporters = terrorists"