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Now they simply have to figure out how to get that super-powerful laser, which can fire only once a day, to firing once every milisecond ;-)
Easy! Run it on fusion!
Do you have more information on said laser? I work on lasers that I would consider quite powerful and they fire at 6 kHz, soon to be 8 on the next model. I'd like to compare the specs
The National Ignition Facility has an explainer here. Typically, these facilities operate at petawatt peak powers by using lots and lots of pulse amplifiers. From what I heard, after every shot, the staff have to comb through the facility making sure things are still working, replacing blown out components, etc...
Oh wow a few Joules, that's orders of magnitude bigger than ours