[HRDave]

Originally Posted by biker1

Ummm, no, you are wrong. Virtually all nuclear weapons today are two-stage fusion devices. The first stage is a uranium-based implosion fission reaction used to generate x-rays to trigger the second stage - the fusion of lithium-deuteride. As part of the second-stage, additional uranium is also fissioned to create additional yield. What has not been created yet is a controllable fusion reaction for the purposes of generating usable energy. This has been an elusive goal that may very well take many additional decades to reach.

Well said!😎