Only the US bothers with lasers because everyone else understands that lasers don't work for fusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Mégajoule https://en.w

Only the US bothers with lasers because everyone else understands that lasers don't work for fusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Mégajoule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Mégajoule I personally think lasers are much more promising, if only because of how much room there is for disruption with solid-state lasers. Look at how horrible the NIF lasers are: ~1% efficient [0], billions of dollars, the size of a warehouse [1]. And the fusion end seems to work fine. [0] https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/nif/about.php https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/nif/about.php [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility#Driver_laser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility#Dri...