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This is amazing! But then... “It gives the US a lab capability to study burning plasmas and high-energy physics relevant for [nuclear weapons] stewardship,”
by binarymax 5y ago
This is amazing! But then...
“It gives the US a lab capability to study burning plasmas and high-energy physics relevant for [nuclear weapons] stewardship,”
Are you freaking kidding me? How about solving the energy crisis required to reverse climate change? Nope. More bombs :(
- laurent92 5y agoAND to solve the provisioning of fissile-capable material in third world country by having tech that can work on fissiON-capable material, ie non-radioactive. Which makes carrying those to Africa a progress rather than war material. Which means we might need less bombs.
- parhamn 5y agoDon't get too alarmed by this. It's how a good portion scientific progress in America has always worked (especially if the project needs military scale funding). The tech eventually makes it out to civilian space.
- willis936 5y agoFor when every home in America has an aging nuclear warhead?
- leephillips 5y agoIt’s not more bombs so much as maintaining our existing nuclear deterrent without actually testing warheads by blowing them up, something that, thankfully, is behind us. Warheads deteriorate over time; you can’t just keep them on the shelf and claim that they will still work if used. And our adversaries know this.