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by _wolfie_ 1470 days ago
I have no idea how fragile solar panels are, but wouldn't cluster bombs or possibly thermobaric weaponry work reasonably well against large surface areas like this?
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US Army strategy often assumes air superiority by US forces.

Mortars are simply a more likely risk than cluster bombs. Further it’s fuel rather than generators that’s a problem, it’s bulky, flammable, and finite.

Sparkling sand (or anything else) over them would be enough to absolutely destroy their output
That would have hardly any effect. Soot would, though.
I doubt it would have "hardly any effect" tbh, naturally occurring dust/sand is already a big issue: https://jrenewables.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40807...

> In desert area, the accumulation of dust on PV panel surface is very high. The reduction in solar efficiency due to dust on PV panel is approximately 40%