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100Gw x 35ms (note: a watt is a joule per second)

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'G' = "giga..." = billion = 10⁹

'ms' = "millisecond" = 0.001 second

100 Gw = 10¹¹ watts

35 ms = 0.035 second

100 Gw x 35 ms = 10¹¹ watts x 0.035 second = 3.5 x 10⁹ J

= 3.5 G-joules
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