This experiment demonstrated the integration of the complex systems required for an ignition campaign. All 192-laser beams fired 1 MJ of laser energy into the first cryogenically layered capsule. This frozen "THD" layer uses a mixture of tritium, hydrogen and deuterium tailored to limit yield, and enable the most comprehensive physics results. All systems operated successfully and 26 Target diagnostics participated in the shot.

The very preliminary results of the target performance are encouraging and are now being analyzed. Over the next several days there will be more comprehensive information available.

Project Director Ed Moses said, "This is a great moment in the 50-year history of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF). It represents significant progress in the ability to field complex experiments in support of Stockpile Stewardship, DoD, fundamental science and energy missions."

This achievement was made possible by the collaboration of Livermore, the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at University of Rochester, Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories, General Atomics and others around the country and the world made significant contributions.