The available thrust directions are limited given that the laser is presumably in orbit or perhaps at a Lagrange point.<p>Of course once you have a multi-mega (or giga) watt laser in orbit you can pretty much dictate terms to anyone else who wants to use space. After all one person&#x27;s &#x27;space junk&#x27; is another persons &#x27;operating surveillance satellite&#x27; :-)<p>I&#x27;m a much bigger fan of the idea of using drone space craft with an ion engine which has essentially a gooey blob&#x2F;harpoon on the front of it, that you attach to&#x2F;spear the desired object, and then turn on your ion engine to provide enough delta-v to put it where it won&#x27;t hurt anyone.