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    Over-the-top engineering: The Thermonuclear propelled Flying Saucer of British Rail

    Not really an "unusual machine in action" - but (in 1973) a granted patent application:

    Over-the-top engineering: The Thermonuclear propelled Flying Saucer of British Rail-br-flying-saucer-patent.jpg Over-the-top engineering: The Thermonuclear propelled Flying Saucer of British Rail-br-flying-saucer-drawing.jpg

    "A controlled thermonuclear fusion reaction is ignited by one or more pulsed laser beams
    produced by lasers and reflected or focused on to a central reaction zone on the underside of the platform."


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    Links:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britis..._flying_saucer

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/...ansportintheuk

    Patent application/ How-To for intrepid HMT:ers,
    (who really wants to push the limits of Backyard Ballistics beyond Outer Space via thermonuclear propulsion):
    https://worldwide.espacenet.com/pate...pn%3DGB1310990

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