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Originally Posted by Jack Tingle
I certainly hope it's "Not to be". Some technologies you want high barriers to entry. Imagine Ted Kaczynski with backpackable cold fusion warheads made from Radio Shack parts. Now imagine Hamas with them. RefPopCulture: a "The Outer Limits" episode.
Regards,
Jack Tingle
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The thing about fusion is that it does not react like fission, the chain-reaction that happens inside a nuclear bomb (or, yes, a nuclear plant). It's not even as effective as explosives to set off a fission reaction. So it's not likely that it could be used as a weapon in itself... though if it's portable enough, maybe it could provide the electric power for a good missile-felling laser...