When you need to call down the thunder to deal with those pesky biters, launch a rocket with an ion cannon into orbit and show the bugs who's boss.
Update for Factorio 2.1
hellow, i would like to know what commands to whrite to add/delete ion cannons in orbit of a planet ? ( or above all planet ?? ) i am hunting down lag issue, and i want to see if my 1800 ion cannons MK2 in orbit of nauvis might cause a problem ^^
A large number of firing ion cannons will significantly affect game performance. It is not recommended to use more than 20.
you don't need to use commands. just activate the 'cheat' option in settings, than you get a UI to add/remove/load.