Yup. And if one nation, or group of nations, has control, dense chunks of it could be aimed at points on Earth that were politically undesirable. Even if it’s mined, the pieces need to be brought to ground, somehow.
Weaponizing space is also forbidden by treaty, not that it has stopped Russia in the past. Ukraine would be getting a healthy dose of kinetic bombardment today if they were able.
That scenario was used on The Expanse (on Prime video). The bad guys embedded pulse engines on the backside of large chunks of asteroids, pointed them towards earth...and fired up the engines. Several made it thru earth’s defenses, and BOOM!
Made nuclear weapons look like firecrackers.
Really...a very simple and effective idea.
Nah, all the really cool constructions projects will be in space!
Regards,