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by AddingValue 1478 days ago
1.3MegaJoule output from 250KiloJoule on target (laser) energy 2021 August

NIF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWeQICvl42k

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In order to direct that much laser energy on target, they had to expend far more energy than the claimed output. Never forget, the laser system is far less than 10% efficient.