In the Anime "Vandread" a group fighters turned a gas giant of unknown size into a giant fusion bomb. They had a ship surround the planet with an energy fieldm increasing the pressure. Three fighters then fired through the shield at the center, increasing the temprature until Ka-boom.
The only other information I can give you is that the planet looked bluish-green, a ship inside the gas giant reported 4 gigapascals of pressure (it wasn't at the center) and that in order to get it to explode, they needed "a match of 100,000,000 degrees".
Any idea to figure out how much energy it would take?
Energy requirement calcs
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Energy requirement calcs
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