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Doesn't that make space battles really different? Stealth takes on an entirely different dimension - since you can't hear the enemy coming, you can't rely on your ears at all. You could literally take a huge fighter or mecha that, in atmosphere, would alert you to its presence long before you could even see it because of the noise - but in space, that aspect of stealth isn't an issue, so it could be as noisy as it wanted and still be stealthier than a ninja.

And space is big - with the three-dimensional element, you have to look around in not just 360 degrees of visual motion (maybe even more to take into account enemies in trees or upper floors in buildings), but a full 720 degrees - meaning the enemy can come up behind you or from below without a hint of noise to give you any clue where they are. Fortunately, cameras placed in your vehicle could let you see all angles simultaneously, and maybe some kind of motion detection might help (although it would be utterly useless in a asteroid field, unless it was fine-tuned to take account for the motion of the asteroids).

But warning shots kind of lose their impact unless they can be seen - and if you're shooting a laser, it's invisible in space, so you can't use those. And part of the psychological effect of warning shots is the noise they make, which is moot in space.