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The Global Compact Fusion & Plasma Weapons Investigation

Main US Research Paper (v4) — An Open-Source Intelligence Investigation into Compact Toroid Dual-Use Technology, the Global Race for Compact Fusion, Plasma Weapons, Directed Energy, and Advanced Propulsion across the US, Russia, China, and Allied Nations

Secret Military Technology Research Group

August 2026 (v4 — Comprehensive Rewrite) · 547+ Graph Nodes

Table of Contents — Main US Research Paper (v2 — Archived)

This is Version 2 of the Main US Research Paper, preserved for archival purposes. An updated Version 3 with 625 established facts, the Stockpile Stewardship Program analysis, the LANL→LLNL→AFRL compact toroid lineage, and the ARPA-E ALPHA bridge is now available:

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Country-specific research papers are also available:

Israel Paper Russia Paper China Paper Japan Paper

Version 1 of this paper (August 2026) is preserved for archival and citation purposes — it is linked to the Zenodo DOI record:

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I Abstract & Methodology 1 The Physics Foundation: FRC Plasma, Ball Lightning, and Self-Stable Plasmoids 2 The Historical Lineage: From Bostick to Nachamkin (1956–1992) 3 The Weapons Lineage: MARAUDER, FRCHX, and the Shiva Star Program 4 The AFRL Program and the DIA Bridge: Mead, Davis, and the 38 DIRDs 5 The Russian Continuum: Avramenko, Stupitskiy, and the Nuclear-Plasma Connection 6 The Chinese Program: NUDT, SIOM, and the Full Technology Chain 7 The Global Landscape: Japan, Israel, and the International Community 8 Effects, Plausibility, and the Three-Body Problem 9 The UAP Connection: AARO, PURSUE, and Government Testimony 10 Commercial Fusion, Dual-Use Concerns, and Export Controls 11 Conclusions & Open Questions § References & Bibliography

About This Report (Version 2 — Archived)

This is Version 2 of the main US research paper, preserved for archival purposes. The current version (v3) expands this to 625 established facts.

Version 2 revised several conclusions from the original paper, correcting overconfident claims about operational plasma orb weapons, the MH370 event, the Pais patents, and the "2028 convergence" narrative. The investigation's knowledge graph comprised 475 nodes and 1,447 edges, supported by 1,444 entity dossiers and 533 glossary terms.

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