its probably just not deployable if it exists

at this point in time

in terms of like cost

endangered*

The military almost certainly won't be the first to get that kind of power system

genpop is not going to know of any black projects that the military has developed. Civ tech is decades behind classified military tech

it depends on the technology but yeah

They don't do that kind of R&D

they can reach way past the commercial market if they are trying to do one specific thing and have money

they have money

also no they do in fact do plenty of black projects

yeah we have tons of money unaccounted for in the pentagon

The private sector also has money

associated with black projects

The applications for that kind of power system go far beyond military uses

well yeah but the private sector has pretty much no use for 800 joules in 10 nanoseconds

or whatever

Dude

literally what would they use that for

most private sector research done for that type of weaponry is contracted by the DOD

There are so many private sector use cases

civilian stuff tends to move relatively slowly

Manufacturing processes for one

because that generally costs less and does the same job

well yeah but not that fast

you want instantaneous burst of enough energy to kill some shit

Civilian market stuff develops faster because it's not based on bureaucratic procurement chains

true that aspect is ineffecient

but you will also note things like

amazon just makes little wheeled roomba looking warehouse robots

instead of powered exoskeletons

because they have very different needs

plus people can't buy that shit

but governments can

when it comes to hoisting a lot of weight

some monotasked robot is oftentimes a lot cheaper in this climate

because nobody has a good solution for multipurpose

you don't have to pay a robot lol

and if your monotasked robot can be kept busy at all times

just gotta pay for upkeep

then there is no waste in it not being multipurpose