Why can’t we “cup” a nuclear blast in order to focus the blast power on an object and, with precise measurements, aim it at the Sun to be burned up eventually?

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Basically, picture a cherry bomb under a really strong teacup that stayed in one piece during the explosion and shot up in the air, but scaled up a whole lot.

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Not only is the energy too large, a whole bunch of energy is released as electromagnetic energy. Detonating a nuke in the upper atmosphere has been researched as a way to create a widespread electromagnetic pulse which can be extremely damaging to electrical equipment.