sun gun theme
A theoretical orbital weapon, which makes use of a concave mirror mounted on a satellite, to concentrate rays from the sun on to a small area of the Earth's surface, destroying targets or killing through heat.
2 total · 1 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Gog (1954) | major | A secret government lab was working on putting a mirror in space that could concentrate the sun's rays enough to burn up a city. |
| futurama4x08 | minor | Professor Wernstrom modified his space mirror to fire a gigantic electromagnetic pulse at the Galapagos Islands. |