Russia Wants to Blast Space Junk with Laser Cannon
That’s right, Russian scientists are developing cosmic guns capable of blasting some of the half-million bits of space junk orbiting our planet into oblivion.
Precision Instrument Systems — a research and development arm within the Russian space agency, Roscosmos — recently submitted a proposal to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) for transforming a 3-meter (10 feet) optical telescope into a laser cannon, the RT network reported.
https://www.livescience.com/62820-russia-space-lasers.html
Russian space agency plans to incinerate space junk with powerful laser beam — RT World News