The goal, as its name implies, is to harness the power of the largest laser ever built to start "ignition" - effectively a carefully controlled thermonuclearexplosion.
顾名思义，国家点火装置的目标是借助世界上迄今为止最大的激光器进行“点火”——有效且可控的热核爆炸。
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The result, a thermonuclearexplosion, is what destroys the target, but the entire three-stage process has to be mimicked if computers are to test weapon-designs reliably.
Every 20 years or so the red giant star dumps enough hydrogen gas onto its companion White Dwarf star to set off a brilliant thermonuclearexplosion on the White Dwarf's surface.