[Marxism] North Korea's Real Crime

[nada <dwaltersMIA@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael, I think you may have a fairly one-sided view of the science 
involved. It's primarily a physics experiment one the spin-offs *may* be 
the ability to develop computer modeling for weapons tests. But that is 
not its primary reason and the paragraph from the article notes this:

"He said that NIF, if successful, would help keep the nation’s nuclear 
arms reliable without underground testing, would reveal the hidden life 
of stars and would prepare the way for radically new kinds of power plants."

This is why it's under DoE and not DoD administration. As the project 
director noted: "“If fusion energy works,” he said, “you’ll have, for 
all intents and purposes, a limitless supply of carbon-free energy 
that’s not geopolitically sensitive. What more would you want? It’s a 
game changer.". Exactly.

All science has some military spin-off. It's our job to move such 
technology out from the Forces of Darkness (Military) to the 
transparent, life-giving sunlight.

David

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