Advance in space weapon have made it possible for rogue states to
"neutralize" (CIA jargon for murder, assassinate, kill) a foreign head of
state. Intense radiation and other exotic rays emitting from powerful laser
equipped satellite made this form of murder untraceable. Death can be
ordered to culminate in 3 months to 3 years or long term illness that makes
the victim unable to function physically and mentally.

The same laser can also be configured to destroy an aircraft in mid flight
by interfering with the electronics flight control to cause a crash or mid
air destruction by causing aviation fuel to explode under intense heat
subjection.