The U.S. Department of Defense wants a portable nuclear reactor the size of a main battle tank that’s capable of being lifted to overseas hot spots, Kyle Mizokami reports on Foxtrot Alpha. The reactor would provide megawatts of power for U.S. forces, providing juice for everything from Xboxes to directed energy weapons. A mobile reactor would also make the military less reliant on diesel fuel for electrical generators, which in some cases must be sent along dangerous resupply lines.
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The US Army’s new Mobile Expeditionary High Energy Laser (MEHEL) weapon system on Stryker chassis (Picture source: U.S. Army / C. Todd Lopez, Army News Service)
The US Army’s new Mobile Expeditionary High Energy Laser (MEHEL) weapon system on Stryker chassis (Picture source: U.S. Army / C. Todd Lopez, Army News Service)
