So they can be disabled from the ground? Why has russia not thought of that? Is that why Starlink is actually concerned about them been used by Ukraine?
It's unlikely Russia has a 3 megawatt laser and the optics to hit a satellite at this time. Anti-drone defence would be much easier with much worse than that.
That said, the ongoing improvements to lasers, and price reductions, in a decade I expect the limiting factor for random terrorists performing such an attack would be adaptive optics to get past atmospheric distortion.
That said, the ongoing improvements to lasers, and price reductions, in a decade I expect the limiting factor for random terrorists performing such an attack would be adaptive optics to get past atmospheric distortion.