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…why? If you want massive lasers you use a nuke to power it [1][2].
> If you think "practical energy source" is what fusion research is really about
Outside the NIF, which is openly about stockpile stewardship, yeah. That’s what it’s about. Tokomaks aren’t militarily useful.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pumped_laser
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excalibur
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…why? If you want massive lasers you use a nuke to power it [1][2].
> If you think "practical energy source" is what fusion research is really about
Outside the NIF, which is openly about stockpile stewardship, yeah. That’s what it’s about. Tokomaks aren’t militarily useful.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pumped_laser
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excalibur