不管官方怎样把战略防御倡议的研究描述成一个非核的计划,研制所谓核驱动定向能武器的经费却继续扶摇直上。这些实验性射束武器也许是星球大战最有争议的部分,它们要靠核爆炸释放的巨大能量来驱动。能源部为战略防御倡议局进行星球大战的核研究,它最近发表的一本小册子说,“核驱动定向能武 No matter how officials describe the research on strategic defense initiatives as a non-nuclear program, the funding for the so-called nuclear-driven directional energy weapons continues to skyrocket. These experimental beam weapons may be the most controversial part of Star Wars, driven by the enormous energy released by the nuclear explosions. The Department of Energy conducted a Star Wars nuclear research program for the Bureau for Strategic Defense Initiatives, and it recently published a brochure saying that ”nuclear-powered directional weapons