At the same time, on the other side of the United States.
In Montgomery County, Maryland, in a place called Bethesda, the world-famous aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin Space Systems is located here.
This company is not simply an aerospace company, it is also a giant military industry company that has ranked first among the world's military industry companies for many years in a row.
And its products are not only widely equipped in the United States' own army, but also popular in Western countries.
If we simply talk about these empty and big things, many people may not have any idea.
But among fighter jets, the star stealth fighter F-35, the King F-22, the Hercules C-130, the "fastest aircraft" made by mankind, the SR-72 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft... these famous fighters are all
Made by Lockheed Martin.
Having said this, maybe you can understand how advanced it is.
Of course, if this is all, it can only mean that this is a technologically advanced company.
But in fact, this is a notorious company.
In order to promote its arms products, it often provokes all-round conflicts and contradictions, and even wars, in third countries around the world, causing countless people to lose their lives and leave their homes.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Lockheed Martin is also one of the main research teams in the United States in the field of controllable nuclear fusion.
And now, in a conference room in the headquarters building of Lockheed Martin, an excerpt of the paper Xu Chuan uploaded to arxiv yesterday has been projected onto a huge silver-white curtain.
"Everyone, I think our chance has come."
"Although we have lagged far behind in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, if we can achieve overtaking in small-scale controllable nuclear fusion technology, we can still return to the top..."
Standing in front of the screen, Lockheed Martin President Norman Augustine read out a speech and company plans.
The purpose of this is, on the one hand, to invest in controllable nuclear fusion itself, which is Lockheed Martin's goal.
On the other hand, it is hoping to obtain more investment.
You must know that those sitting here today are not only people from Lockheed Martin, but also many other capitalists.
This can only be said that the timing of Xu Chuan's submission of the paper to arxiv was too coincidental. It happened to be when Lockheed Martin held a large-scale investment meeting.
So the paper that was just thrown up was cited by Norman Augustine in the plan the next day to increase credibility.
In the conference hall, the vice president representative of ExxonMobil was staring blankly at the name on the screen, with a somewhat complicated look on his face.
As the world's largest oil and gas producer, ExxonMobil's global influence is unquestionable.
But with the realization of controllable nuclear fusion technology, its influence has now dropped a lot.
It can be said that the demise of ExxonMobil was caused by the name on the screen.
With the realization of controllable nuclear fusion technology, it can be said that the energy properties of petroleum will be completely removed in the future, leaving only chemical uses.
This undoubtedly corresponds to a great reduction in the demand and value of oil.
With the oil business as their main business, they have to find new ways out, and investing in the field of controllable nuclear fusion is undoubtedly the most popular way at the moment.
After all, whoever can control electric energy in the United States first will have a huge say.
However, what he didn't expect was that one day he would see the 'culprit''s paper in this field.
But it has to be said that he could not ignore this paper at all.
Even more, it must be taken seriously.
After all, no matter how much I hate that guy, he is truly recognized as the father of controlled fusion.
On the other side, Norman Augustine, standing on the stage, continued to talk.
"If you still have doubts about this technology and think it is difficult to implement, then you might as well take a look at this."
As he spoke, he lightly pressed the laser control pen, and the paper picture on the screen suddenly jumped. A picture of a miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion reactor appeared in front of everyone, and next to the picture, there were some
News reporting news.
"This is the news reported by China's official media "Nuclear Industry Times" and "Hua Xin Daily" yesterday. Although it only occupies a small page, it perfectly fits China's low-key character."
"According to news reports, at the Xinghai Research Institute under the leadership of Professor Xu, they have successfully manufactured a compact controllable nuclear fusion reactor with a volume of only five meters, and successfully achieved the first ignition."
"I think I don't need to explain too much what this news means."
Seeing this news report, the audience in the audience was in an uproar, and the voices of discussion continued to spread.
I have to say that this report is indeed exciting enough.
If we look at the progress of China's research on controllable nuclear fusion, I am afraid that it will take less than two or three years for them to successfully realize miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion technology.
After all, that dawn, from the first ignition to commercial use, took less than two years.
Looking at the movement in the audience, Norman Augustine standing on the stage knew that the time was almost up, so he threw out the fishhook and said with a smile on his face:
"While Professor Xu has pointed out the direction, we at Lockheed Martin have a long history of controllable fusion research, especially in miniaturized controllable fusion reactors."
“From the initial compact pebble bed fusion device to today’s T5 fusion reactor, which is less than one meter in size, and the T8 series under development... We at Lockheed Martin have the most complete fusion reactor in the world.
Experience in research on small fusion reactors.”
"At this point, even Professor Xu can't compare with us."
"I believe we will develop miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion technology at a faster speed and fully apply it to various equipment such as spacecraft, aircraft, and interstellar vehicles."
"This is a trillion-dollar market, and the choice is up to you whether to join in and get a share of the pie."
Along with Norman Augustine's speech on the stage, the investors in the audience also became excited.
Capitalists' desire for capital is natural. Even if there is a slight possibility, many capitalists are willing to take a gamble, not to mention that this time there is the endorsement of the famous Professor Xu.
Looking at Norman Augustine on the stage, the vice president of ExxonMobil was moved in his heart and turned to look at the assistant sitting next to him.
"Find a top physics professor in the field of nuclear fusion to help me study Professor Xu's paper to see if it is really feasible."
Hearing this, the assistant immediately understood the vice president's thoughts and quickly replied: "Okay, I'll do it right away."
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On the other side, Huaguo, Jinling.
Xu Chuan browsed the International Physics Forum and closed the page without knowing how much of a sensation his paper had caused in the country across from him.
Because of his paper, most of the capital from official energy agencies to private capital has invested in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, or is interested in miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion technology.
As Norman Augustine said, this is indeed a trillion-level supermarket.
But for them, the abyss they have to cross to enter this market is more than a small one.
Perhaps by the time they come to their senses and realize that the road to miniaturized tokamak devices is simply unworkable, China will have already fully occupied this market.
After all, Xinghai Research Institute is now on the right track with its research on miniaturized and controllable nuclear fusion.
Compared with the problem of miniaturization of tokamak devices, he is more optimistic about the miniaturization of stellarators.
Perhaps the natural disadvantage of the stellarator will cause its energy output level to be lower than that of the tokamak device, but for various devices whose energy consumption requirements are far less high, its energy output is undoubtedly more than enough.
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