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Except that it is not a laser but a high power radio transmitter made with a vacuum tube (gyrotron).

For generating the highest possible power of radio waves, vacuum tubes remain the only solution.

This drilling method resembles more a microwave oven (which uses a magnetron), than a laser.



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