It's a ground-based laser, and it's been proposed. (It's ground-based because powerful orbiting lasers tend to make people very nervous.) https://en.wikipedia.

It's a ground-based laser, and it's been proposed. (It's ground-based because powerful orbiting lasers tend to make people very nervous.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_broom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_broom