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From: asulaima@udenva.cair.du.edu (SULAIMAN)
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Subject: Re: Cold fusion on the battlefield...
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Date: 28 Mar 89 03:43:18 GMT
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From: asulaima@udenva.cair.du.edu (SULAIMAN)

In article <5138@cbnews.ATT.COM> wbralick@BLACKBIRD.AFIT.AF.MIL (William A. Bralick) writes:

>Given the recent (apparent) discovery of fusion technology available
>at room temperature (!!!!), how can we apply this to the battlefield?

Fusion technology!!! When did that occur or did I just miss the news the past
couple of days. May be you are confusing room temperature super-conductors
with fusion. The Room Temp SuperConductor is believed to help us reach the 
goal of fusion technology but RTSC is an extremely new technology by itself.
 
However if I have missed the news the effects will be dramatic. The dream
of Magnetically accelerated projectile cannons(Gauss guns/Rail guns) would
be a reality. Battlefield lasers will be for the first time practical.
StarWars may work, assuming they get the coding done before 2100 CE.
On the flip side oil would become redundant and thus weapon manufacturing
costs may be reduced in the long run...

Anyway personally I thought fusion tech. was 10-20 years down the line
and even the people trying to create small controlled fusion reactions
(berkeley or Caltech) have been using massive amounts of equip. and
money with limited results.
	
My 2 cents :)

	Ameer Z. Sulaiman



[mod.note: I have just today rejected a number of postings on this
Cold Fusion topic.  While I understand the potential military significance,
it seems to me that this is still in the "laboratory oddity" stage, and
far too speculative for meaningful discussion.  I would advise interested
parties (and make no mistake, that includes me !) to read sci.misc, where
these articles have been crossposted.

Further, if you disagree, and feel the topic should be covered here,
write me and let me know.  I'm flexible to whatever you want to read.
- Bill ]