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There's also the problem of destroying what you're trying to conquer. If you make the planet uninhabitable, it becomes usless to the invading armies.
Now, if your only goal is wanton destrcution or mass genocide..then you're ok...
Well, relatively speaking of course...
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A black hole weapon or a "superweapon" could be used after previous attempts at invasion have failed --- something that is a common theme in Earth invasion movies or books.
A galactic weapon of mass destruction may first be created by one side to get more firepower or to dominate an enemy. Then the other side learns how to make their own superweapon to deter aggression. An out-of-control arms race motivated by profit (the US nuclear arsenal cost $4 trillion) could then lead to sufficient numbers of galactic weapons of mass destruction to end galactic civilization. Deterrence becomes their main use.
Yes, it is hard to see how any people could resist with honor a weapon like nuclear missiles, air power, satellites or black hole weapons. I'm sure they would fight with any methods to survive.
It would take questionable hairless apes to create such weapons.
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There is a way to destroy all life in a galaxy, but it's probably just as hard as creating and hurtling an artificial singularity. If you can get two neutron stars to collide, you get what's known as a gamma ray burster. In theory, the resulting explosion makes a supernova look like a pop gun and will saturate the entire galaxy with insane amounts of radiation, effectively sterilizing it. Only draw back is that since radiation travels at the speed of light, it might be a while before the entire galaxy is exposed to radiation. A long while.
Also, a supernova doesn't only effect the system the star(s) are in. It'll give out enough radiation to kill any other system within the neighbourhood.
Thank God nothing like that has happened near us.
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