Re: Spaaaaaace Patrol!

>Therefore, once such technology is in place, it is likely that all
>space faring nations will have large fleets patrolling the asteroids
>of the outer solar system, to ensure that no rogue nation tries to
>aim one of those dinosaur killers at Earth.  And keeping all the
>enemy fleets honest.

This could actually generate some interesting scenarios where 
"engineering" ships might encounter patrol ships looking to keep 
control of a particular rock.