One of his interesting characters solves a moslem revolt in a very similar way.
The ringleader Imam is holding forth about the merit of murdering a bunch of innocents on TV, not thinking about his personal communication device because they are so ubiqtuous.
The character, a spaceforce general, uses the device to locate the Imam, then uses that info to target one of the many thousand of orbital defense x-ray lasers that circle the Imam's planet.
On live TV, the faithful have the pleasure of watching the Imam's head explode from the micr-burst, while simultaneously dealing with the leadership serving him.
It was very interesting.
Ed