In the Dune universe, when a laser weapons hits a shield, both are destroyed in a nuclear explosion reaction.
So instead of building nuclear weapons, wouldn’t it be easier to tie a timer and a “parachute” to a laser gun and drop it from orbit onto your enemy’s city?
Miles Tek does that in the later books, IIRC. strap a lasgun to a shield generator, instant pseudo nuclear bomb.
Edit: I guess the difference is that they are dropping the whole package, not just the lasgun.
I have a much better question, why not build a spice harvester that has a carryall attach to the top of it permanently?
Because one carryall can service multiple harvesters, thus reducing operating and equipment costs.
Yeah but how many spice harvesters are they losing and how much do they cost
Irrelevant to the Harkonnen as long as they meet their quotas.