The AP is splashing this news today about deployment of laser weapons and rail guns: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-navy- ... r-1st-time
So, are rail guns the biggest reason the Navy wants Polywell power on board?
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- Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:03 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Does the US Navy want Polywell in order to power rail guns?
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- Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:07 pm
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: Polywell and Proliferation
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There's another use for a neutron source that hasn't been discussed in this thread; you can convert Th-232 directly into nuclear weapons capable U-233. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium#Th ... clear_fuel.