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Building the World's Most Powerful Laser

Posted by samzenpus on from the lazlo-would-not-approve dept.

Bill writes "Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories is attempting to create the world's largest laser. The NIF's goal is to focus the laser on a pea-sized hydrogen pellet and result in fusion ignition."

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  1. oblig... by spyder913 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."

  2. lasers and tanks by mickyflynn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i think most of what destroys a tank is the rapid decompression caused by the round piercing the armour. the round already on impact shoots a jet of white-hot metal. that hopefully will ignight the amunition inside, but the decompression will kill or damage the people inside. I am not sure that a laser would cause rapid decompression. But i'm not a scientist.