NIF-ty exercise machine: is NIF a fancy cross-trainer for weapon scientists, or a covert way to design new weapons. (National Ignition Facility for ... from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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From the supplier: The new NIF laser facility would be capable of delivering more than the 100 trillion watts of the present Nova laser. Some see the NIF as a way to design new weapons. Others think the weapons issue has being overplayed and may have done damage to the work of the anti-nuclear groups.

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Title: NIF-ty exercise machine: is NIF a fancy cross-trainer for weapon scientists, or a covert way to design new weapons. (National Ignition Facility for laser projects at Lawrence Livermore lab)
Author: Hugh Gusterson
Publication:Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1995
Publisher: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc.
Volume: v51 Issue: n5 Page: p22(5)

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