Jiang Yan Hai was working on exactly this now. He was no longer confined by the shape of an aircraft. However, considering that it would still mainly fly within the atmosphere, it might need a certain aerodynamic layout—but that was no longer the most important factor.
Because if a fusion reactor, or rather a Fission Reactor, were placed aboard an aircraft to provide its core power, then thrust would no longer be a problem. However, current human fusion reactors had one issue: they could not begin fusion directly. A considerable amount of energy had to be supplied beforehand to start the reactor.
Only after the reactor had been started could it begin outputting energy. And the energy required to start it certainly could not be generated and ignited simply by pressing a button, like an engine.
If only it were that simple.
There were currently only two possible solutions. The first was like most modern fighter jets: when starting on the ground, they used power supplied by a ground power unit. At least, that was how the vast majority of fighter jets operated.
The main reason was that a fighter jet's reserve power supply was insufficient for such work. Or rather, it was not that it could not do it, but starting up using the aircraft's own power supply posed a certain degree of danger to the fighter jet.
The reason it was dangerous was that the fighter jet's battery reserve could indeed start the engine, but after doing so, the battery would be nearly depleted. As everyone knew, whether it was the radar or various electronic systems, fighter jets had enormous electrical demands.
Batteries recharged very slowly, and emergency power losses could sometimes occur in the air. Therefore, unless it was an emergency, fighter jets would not use their