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Fusion announcement was about weapons, not energy generation (thebulletin.org)
2 points by bmh 1281 days ago
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sharemywin 1281 days ago
To me it's about laser and beam technology too.
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bmh 1281 days ago
TL;DR: The December 5th experiment was about proving to ourselves and our adversaries that we still understand how to build and validate nuclear weapons, despite the ban on testing.
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sylware 1281 days ago
As far as I know, computer models and simulations have been running the show for a while, that after decades of testing and modeling.
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