Integrated air defense when it has to deal with a meteor being slingshot around Venus
The defense network would have caught it if they weren’t watching mars! They even had a tip!
The defense network’s flaw was that it was being operated by stupid inyalowdas
There comes a point that interception doesn’t even matter as there’s so much mass that even if it is all dust it will crack the crust.
Like most things in the film industry, space battle follows the rule of cool above all else.
What else did you expect?
Of all the silly handwaving, Galaxy Quest got this one right. Two guys yelling at each other on viewscreens. Then one shoots something at the other and the only indication is the “radar” says something’s headed toward the ship. No sign of the other ships in an actual fight.
Which is certainly how things would go in a real space battle. Everything would be beyond visual range, almost certainly you’d never see the enemy ship.
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FWIW the star wars justification is that shields block energy weapons but not kinetic weapons.
Thats why mandalorians shoot bullets.
Stories are different from reality because reality is often boring.
Pew pew space lasers and audible explosives are exciting.
Is that his real face?
Nah, it’s camera tricks. Here’s what he actually looks like:
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I figured it must be something to do with the lens.
Yeah, the kid is allergic to it.
Is kapwing some kind of weapons coordination system?
