![Nuclear fusion may still be decades away, but the latest breakthrough could speed up its development Nuclear fusion may still be decades away, but the latest breakthrough could speed up its development](https://images.theconversation.com/files/500721/original/file-20221213-14622-ue3d6s.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1200&h=1200.0&fit=crop)
Nuclear fusion may still be decades away, but the latest breakthrough could speed up its development
![ToughSF on Twitter: "Gas-core 'lightbulb' nuclear rockets promise great thrust combined with superb specific impulse. This concept suggests to give it a nuclear-pumped laser mode (https://t.co/jgiO3hiw1p) and achieve an 'ultrahigh' specific impulse. ToughSF on Twitter: "Gas-core 'lightbulb' nuclear rockets promise great thrust combined with superb specific impulse. This concept suggests to give it a nuclear-pumped laser mode (https://t.co/jgiO3hiw1p) and achieve an 'ultrahigh' specific impulse.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKhAhXQX0AIiqtv.png)
ToughSF on Twitter: "Gas-core 'lightbulb' nuclear rockets promise great thrust combined with superb specific impulse. This concept suggests to give it a nuclear-pumped laser mode (https://t.co/jgiO3hiw1p) and achieve an 'ultrahigh' specific impulse.
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Direct-Drive Laser Fusion Experiments Move Toward Target Ignition | Tech Pulse | Nov 2016 | Photonics Spectra
ToughSF on Twitter: "@Skipp_ToMyLou If your nuclear-pumped laser warheads have an effective range of 1000km, you'll still need a missile to carry them across a 10,000km inter-ship separation. That sort of separation
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East Bay scientists announce nuclear fusion breakthrough, herald a “milestone for the future of clean energy”
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Breakthrough nuclear fusion experiment could 'revolutionise the world' with clean energy | Science & Tech News | Sky News
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