Small nuclear waste batteries could fuel drones for 30 years via trickle charging, making Spiderweb scenario a permanent nightmare
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Multi-decade nuclear-waste batteries for drones and satellites would turn today’s deployment and refueling constraints into a one-time launch decision—persistence, not range, becomes the design variable. Defense, logistics, and monitoring operators should start scenario-planning for assets that effectively never come home, with all the regulatory, safety, and escalation risk that implies.
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