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I guess that's why they're using "Momentary Fusion" in the title? Of course, it wouldn't have hurt to mention in the article that other approaches which might b

• zug_zug 3y ago
  Well those of us who have never heard of "momentary fusion" read the title to mean "momentary breakthroughs in fusion"
• Manabu-eo 3y ago
  I never heard the term "Momentary Fusion". There are other pulsed fusion methods, like Dense Plasma Focus[1] with it's very hot but very short lived plasmoids. Also still far from being economically viable, but I would say has a much better chance than that weapon research on NIF[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus [2] https://spectrum.ieee.org/startup-lppfusion-embraces-instability https://spectrum.ieee.org/startup-lppfusion-embraces-instabi...